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Nick Burdi earns first save after Kyle Crick lands on IL
July 29, 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates – Pittsburgh placed Kyle Crick on the 10-day IL on Tuesday, which paved the way for Nick Burdi to record his first career save that night. Burdi will be the favorite for save chances going forward, but Derek Shelton said on Monday that he will be careful with Burdi’s usage…
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2020 Tiered Closer Rankings
February 28, 2020 Below, find our tiered closer rankings for 2020. Obviously, these are moment-in-time rankings and may shift due to injuries or spring training outings, but hopefully they’ll help make your draft a little easier. Tier 1:Josh Hader There’s nobody in baseball quite like Josh Hader, who led all relievers with 138 strikeouts last…
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To us, you are all The Man with the Yellow Hat
Closer Monkey is going into hibernation for the winter, but we wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for continuing to visit. We hope we’ve helped you beat your league to the waiver wire a few times and that our daily updates helped to guide your bullpen management in some fashion.As we…
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Lots of Vulture Saves on a Saturday in September
September 8, 2019 Tampa Bay Rays — Oliver Drake struck out the side for his second save of the season yesterday. Emilio Pagan got the day off after pitching in two straight and four of the previous five games. Nick Anderson ended up with the win after pitching the eighth inning of a tie game…