Closer Monkey | 2026
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Updated MLB Closer Depth Chart
* = closer-by-committee
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 6.8.2026
Sunday’s slate featured eight reliever wins, six saves, eight losses, and seven blown saves. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 493 saves this season by 160 different pitchers. As for the vulture options during today’s slate, I do not feel great about any of them: Vulture Save Options for 6.8.2026 Vulture…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 6.7.2026
Saturday’s slate featured seven reliever wins, eight saves, four losses, and one blown save. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 487 saves this season by 158 different pitchers. As for the vulture options during today’s slate: Vulture Save Options for 6.7.2026 Vulture Save Stashes for 6.8.2026 For those interested in our…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 6.6.2026
Friday’s slate featured five reliever wins, though two were accompanied by blown saves, five saves, three losses, and three blown saves. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 479 saves this season by 156 different pitchers. As for the vulture options during today’s slate: Vulture Save Options for 6.6.2026 Vulture Save Stashes…
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Closer Monkey’s Weekend Planner | 6.5.2026
Following up on last week’s post, with the advent of lineup lanes and matchup-based approaches, it’s hard to put a definition on the word “closer” this season, but using games finished percentage (games finished/games), save share percentage (saves/team saves), and high-leverage outings as defined by Baseball Reference, we are down to six relievers that have…
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