Closer Monkey | 2026
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Month in Review for Relievers: Results of Interest and Trends through the End of April
Remembering the sample size this season remains small, with only a month-plus of results in the rearview mirror, it helps to review how relievers performed, which will be the process for today’s post. Using underlying metrics and hard statistical data, we try to remain ahead of the curve in the ever-changing world of high-leverage events.…
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Monkey Bytes, May 3: Doval records his sixth save, Game Recaps, and What to Watch For
Given the small six-game slate from Thursday yielding one save, today’s Monkey Bytes will follow a different format, combining both leagues into one recap. Closer CliffsNotes from May 2 (RP | BAL): Entering in the top of the fifth, Keegan Akin stranded two runners, and collected his first win while tossing 1.1 innings, giving up…
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Monkey Bytes, May 2: Holmes and Finnegan secure their 10th saves, A career-first save for a Miami reliever, Game Recaps, and more
Wednesday’s slate yielded eight saves, but three were of the ancillary variety. Two relievers closed out their 10th save of the season. Clay Holmes worked a multiple-inning save in Baltimore while Kyle Finnegan fired a clean ninth in Texas. These high-leverage events, and the rest of interest, covered next in our daily installment of Monkey…
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Monkey Bytes, May 1: Hader logs two innings, Muñoz posts his first five-out save, Durán debuts, Game Recaps, and more
Chaos did not reign supreme but was sprinkled throughout Tuesday’s 16-game slate. Detroit deployed a match-up-based approach during Game 1, which backfired. There were two ancillary saves, two first saves of the season, though one was by a closer returning from injury. In all, nine saves were secured and five blown saves, recapped in our…
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