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Closer Monkey | 2026

  • Hunter Harvey, Jordan Romano return from the IL

    August 16, 2023 Washington Nationals – Hunter Harvey returned from the IL on Tuesday, pitching a perfect ninth inning with the Nationals trailing by a run. Manager Davey Martinez said that Kyle Finnegan will remain as the team’s closer while Harvey slots into a setup role. Updated hierarchy: Finnegan | Harvey | Weems. Toronto Blue…

  • Royals bullpen continues to sputter

    August 15, 2023 Tampa Bay Rays – Everyone remembers their MLB debut. And everyone remembers the first time they were mentioned on Closer Monkey. But while it almost never happens simultaneously, Jacob Lopez managed the feat, making his big-league debut with a 3-inning save in a 10-2 Rays victory. Lopez allowed one earned run and…

  • Blown-save-a-palooza hits bullpens across baseball

    August 14, 2023 New York Yankees – Clay Holmes has been great lately, but yesterday was bad, as he coughed up a 4-run lead and then took the loss after Tommy Kahnle was unable to stem the damage. Holmes was in and out of a committee earlier this season, and we’ll see if this outing…

  • Paul Sewald, Jason Foley, and JoJo Romero record saves

    August 13, 2023 Detroit Tigers – Jason Foley returned from the bereavement list yesterday and recorded the last five outs of a 6-2 win to pick up his 5th save of the season.  Foley will likely be the best bet for a save on any given night at this point and we will monitor this…

  • Jordan Luplow is funny

    August 12, 2023 Boston Red Sox – We took a shot in the dark yesterday in predicting that Kyle Barraclough would get a vulture save, and while that didn’t happen, Barraclough did get a win, posting 1.1 scoreless innings. The save went to Chris Murphy, who pitched three scoreless to finish off the 5-2 victory.…

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