Category: Trade Deadline
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.4.2026
Monday’s eight-game slate featured two wins, three saves, two losses, and three blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 868 saves this season by 216 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already surpassed last year for the number of pitchers with at least one save and is…
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Trade Deadline Tracker for Relievers | 2026
Closer Monkey’s trade deadline tracker will update with each reliever acquisition before the trade deadline passes on August 3, at 6 p.m. ET. August 3 Pittsburgh Pirates – Viewed as the best reliever available this trade deadline, the Pirates have traded their ninth-ranked prospect to the Mets for Luke Weaver: Weaver has playoff pedigree as…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 7.31.2026
Thursday’s 10-game slate featured seven wins, six saves, seven losses, and three blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 842 saves this season by 213 different pitchers. Here are the vulture save options: Vulture Save Options for 7.31.2026 Vulture Save Stash for 8.1.2026 If Closer Monkey has helped…
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Trade Deadline Market Trends | 7.30.2026
Another week has passed, and the trends mostly remain the same. 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. …
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 7.28.2026
Monday’s 11-game slate featured six wins, six saves, five losses, and five blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 816 saves this season by 211 different pitchers. In the previous five MLB seasons, the league average for pitchers with a save was just over 214: This season may…