Francisco Rodriguez worked a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his 18th save in Thursday's win over the Twins.

Rodriguez tied Sergio Romo for the MLB lead with his 18th save, recording a strikeout in the effort. The embattled 32-year-old has had a great season for the Brewers, having blown only two saves while compiling a 2.17 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, and a 33/6 K/BB ratio in 29 innings.

Francisco Rodriguez blew his second save of the season Monday against the Orioles.

Rodriguez retired the first two batters he faced before giving up a solo homer to Jonathan Schoop and a game-tying double to Nick Markakis. After tossed 15 scoreless innings in April, K-Rod has allowed seven runs in 10 innings this month. Perhaps all the early work was a bad idea.

Francisco Rodriguez converted his league-leading 17th save of the season with a scoreless inning in Friday's win over the Cubs.

K-Rod allowed a leadoff single in the ninth while protecting a one-run lead, but he rebounded to retire the next three hitters in order to snuff out the threat. It was a nice bounce-back effort after he allowed three runs his previous time out. Rodriguez's ERA sits at 1.57.

Francisco Rodriguez allowed three runs in his only inning of work, taking the loss as the Brewers fell to the Pirates 4-1 on Wednesday.

Rodriguez looked untouchable, carrying a spotless 0.00 ERA as recently as four days ago, but he has now allowed runs in two out of his last three outings. The right-hander allowed three hits and a double, turning a 1-1 tie into a 4-1 Pirates lead. Rodriguez still has a very respectable 1.64 ERA, 0.77 WHIP, and 28/4 K/BB ratio in 22 innings, however.

Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 16th save, and the Brewers beat the Pirates 5-2 on Tuesday.

Rodriguez bounced back from suffering his first blown save on Sunday to retire the Pirates in order, getting Chris Stewart to ground out and Travis Snider to fly out before striking out Jaff Decker. Granted, it wasn't the most dangerous trio of hitters he's ever seen, but a save is a save. The right-hander now owns a 0.43 ERA, 0.62 WHIP and 27/4 K/BB ratio, and his 16 saves are the most in the National League.

Francisco Rodriguez earned his 15th save of the season in Saturday's 5-4 victory over the Yankees.

K-Rod retired Brian Roberts, Kelly Johnson, and Ichiro Suzuki in order in the top of the ninth inning. It was the 19th scoreless appearance of the year for the veteran right-hander, who has been the top fantasy closer in the majors thus far.

Francisco Rodriguez tossed a scoreless ninth inning Friday against the Reds for his 14th save of the season.

Rodriguez struck out one batter in the inning. The 32-year-old has a ridiculous 24/4 K/BB ratio over 17 scoreless innings so far this season. Brewers manager Ron Roenicke could burn him out by the All-Star break at this point, but he's looking better than ever right now.

Francisco Rodriguez earned his 13th save of the season Tuesday in the Brewers' 5-4 defeat of the Cardinals.

K-Rod tied the MLB record for most saves in March and April. He now has a ridiculous 0.00 ERA, 0.69 WHIP, and 23/4 K/BB ratio in 16 innings for the Brewers, who are 20-7 on the year with a 6 1/2 game lead in the National League Central standings. It's been quite a story.

Francisco Rodriguez notched his MLB-leading 11th save Saturday as the Brewers topped the Cubs 5-3.

K-Rod struck out one in a perfect ninth inning. He is sporting an outstanding 0.00 ERA, 0.57 WHIP, and 21/3 K/BB ratio through 14 frames this year for the Brewers, who are off to a surprising 18-6 start.

Francisco Rodriguez worked another perfect ninth inning on Friday, slamming the door on the Cubs and earning his league-leading 10th save of the season.

K-Rod has been utterly dominant through his first 13 appearances, having yet to allow an earned run while posting a miniscule 0.62 WHIP and outstanding 20/3 K/BB ratio. He's locked himself into the closer's role for the considerable future regardless of how well Jim Henderson pitches.

Francisco Rodriguez struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning, earning his ninth save of the season as the Brewers defeated the Padres 5-2 on Wednesday.

The embattled reliever has been lights out for the Brewers in the early going, with an MLB-leading nine saves, a spotless ERA, and an 18/3 K/BB ratio in 12 innings. Considering his track record, Rodriguez's early success isn't surprising.

Francisco Rodriguez notched his fourth save in four days with a scoreless ninth Monday against the Padres.

Apparently, the Brewers aren't too concerned about overworking Rodriguez in the early going. Still, we can't imagine there's any way he pitches Tuesday, which could result in a save chance for Jim Henderson.

Francisco Rodriguez picked up his sixth save of the season Saturday in the Brewers' win over the Pirates.

K-Rod tossed a perfect ninth inning to lock down Milwaukee's 13th win in 18 games. He has not been scored upon in 2014 and has been among the most valuable fantasy closers through the first three weeks of the season. It was K-Rod's 310th career save, tying him with Goose Gossage for 20th on the all-time major league leaderboard.

Francisco Rodriguez tossed a soreless ninth inning against the Pirates on Friday, earning his fifth save of the season.

The 32-year-old right-hander has been nothing short of dominant since taking over the closer's role from Jim Henderson an interim basis. He hasn't allowed a run in eight innings on the year, while posting a 0.62 WHIP and 13/2 K/BB ratio. There's no reason to believe that Jim Henderson will win his job back anytime soon.

Francisco Rodriguez earned his fourth save of the season in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Pirates.

K-Rod issued a leadoff walk to Pedro Alvarez but was perfect the rest of the way in a scoreless top of the ninth. He has not allowed a run and has fanned 11 batters in six innings this season, also yielding just one hit. It's tough at this point to envision Jim Henderson winning back closer duties. Milwaukee is off to a 9-2 start.

Francisco Rodriguez struck out the side Friday against the Pirates for his third save of the season.

Rodriguez has been brilliant so far this season, allowing just one hit and no walks over five scoreless innings to go along with 11 strikeouts. Jim Henderson tossed a scoreless eighth inning Friday and is seemingly returning to form, but it could be tough for him to take the closer role back when K-Rod is pitching like this.

Francisco Rodriguez struck out the side in the 11th for his second save Saturday against the Red Sox.

With Jim Henderson having a lousy outing in middle relief, it doesn't look like the Brewers will be switching closers anytime soon. K-Rod should be picked up in any leagues in which he remains available.

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said after Monday's game that Francisco Rodriguez will serve as the team's closer for now.

Rodriguez surprisingly got the nod to close out Monday's win over the Braves and pitched a scoreless ninth inning. Roenicke addressed the situation after the game and said that he's going to stick with K-Rod for now in order to give Jim Henderson time to get his stuff back. Rodriguez is obviously worth owning in all fantasy formats, but this situation could change at any time.

Francisco Rodriguez, not Jim Henderson, got the save chance for the Brewers on Monday and pitched a scoreless ninth against the Braves.

The guess here is that something is wrong with Henderson. K-Rod certainly didn't do anything to beat him out for the job while giving up three homers and eight runs -- five earned -- in six innings this spring. That said, Rodriguez is still a fine reliever, and if Henderson does miss some time, he'll be worth owning in all formats.

Francisco Rodriguez was removed from Friday's game with a strained right groin, but expects to avoid the disabled list.

Rodriguez claims that this injury is something that he's been dealing with for some time now, and it flared up on him in the eighth inning. He believes that once he gets treatment for it, he'll be fine to return on Saturday.