Category: Trade Deadline
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 7.24.2026
Thursday’s five-game slate featured two wins (one accompanied by a blown save), four saves, four losses, and three blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 781 saves this season by 205 different pitchers. Our Trade Deadline Market Trends for relievers entering game play on July 24. Here are…
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Trade Deadline Market Trends | 7.23.2026
There are more projected buyers than sellers, which makes predicting which relievers may lose their leverage roles challenging. Instead of splitting this into two separate columns, the market trends will explore the sellers, teams taking a hybrid approach (buy and sell), and the buyers. Projected Sellers Teams will be interested in the left-handed options, especially…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 7.22.2026
Tuesday’s slate featured three wins, seven saves, three losses, and four blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 766 saves this season by 202 different pitchers. Here are the vulture save options: Vulture Save Options for 7.22.2026 Doubleheader Options Vulture Save Stashes for 7.23.2026 For those interested in…
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American League Trade Deadline Update | 7.16.2026
With MLB’s first half completed, only three teams in the American League are more than four games out of the last Wild Card spot. It makes prognostication about how teams will handle the trade deadline challenging. There will be buyers and sellers, but the most common approach may be a mix of both. Before the…
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National League Trade Deadline Update | 7.16.2026
With the second half about to begin, things remain unsettled in the National League, with only four teams not within four games of the last Wild Card spot. From MLB.com: Because sites can view things differently, the updated playoff odds from Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference will be shared. First, Fangraphs: And, from Baseball Reference: This post…