25 Archie Bradley RP

Bradley was credited with a hold Tuesday after tossing a scoreless inning in the Diamondbacks' 3-2 triumph over the Giants. He gave up a hit and walk and struck out a batter in the outing.

Bradley continues to pace the majors with 16 holds, despite picking up only three over the past month while the Diamondbacks' losing ways shrunk their massive lead in the NL West. With the Arizona offense coming around in recent games and the starting rotation performing well, Bradley has begun to see his usage in higher-leverage spots pick up and has remained a dependable setup man to closer Brad Boxberger. Bradley owns a 2.51 ERA, 0.98 WHIP and 28:8 K:BB in 28.2 innings on the campaign.

Bradley gave up a solo home run and struck out two of the other three batters he faced in the seventh inning of the Diamondbacks' 9-2 loss to the Brewers on Wednesday.

With the Diamondbacks dropping seven straight games and 13 of their last 14, few high-leverage opportunities have been available of late for Bradley, who has been limited to four one-inning appearances over the past 10 days. While he has picked up a win over that stretch, Bradley has been uncharacteristically homer-prone in the other three outings, allowing a long ball in each contest. Considering Bradley is still striking out nearly a batter per inning and sports a solid 53.8 percent groundball rate, fantasy owners shouldn't fear the home-run problems continuing to sink the righty's ERA, which still sits at a strong 2.88 for the season.

Bradley worked around two hits to turn in scoreless eighth inning, but was charged with a blown save after allowing an inherited runner to score in Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Nationals.

Bradley entered the contest with no outs and a runner on second, with the tying run coming on an untimely balk by the right-hander. Though Bradley was able to clot the bleeding thereafter, the run proved costly in a contest where neither offense could produce much. Fortunately for Bradley's fantasy owners, the Nationals' eighth-inning run was charged to Zack Greinke rather than the reliever, who now owns a sparkling 1.29 ERA over 21 frames. He also paces all of baseball with 13 holds.

Bradley notched a hold Friday in the Diamondbacks' 5-4 win over the Nationals, tossing a perfect eighth inning and striking out a batter.

With eight holds on the season, Bradley has now reclaimed the National League lead from the Rockies' Jake McGee (seven). The hard-throwing right-hander has supplemented his fantasy value with a 1.88 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 17 strikeouts in 14.1 innings to go along with two saves in games when closer Brad Boxberger wasn't available. While the Arizona team brass indicated prior to spring training that it hasn't completely closed the door on developing Bradley as a starter, that seems highly unlikely at this point in light of the 25-year-old's sheer dominance out of the bullpen over the last season and change.

Bradley pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing one hit and striking out two while picking up save No. 2 Sunday against the Padres.

Bradley got an opportunity for the save after a disastrous outing by Brad Boxberger during Saturday's loss. The 25-year-old right-hander has appeared in 12 games this season, accruing a 2.03 ERA and 0.98 WHIP across 13.1 innings. Although Boxberger will likely remain the closer for now, Bradley could be next in line for the job if he continues to struggle.