Closer Monkey | 2026
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Monkey Bytes | June 17
Monday’s seven-game slate provided plenty of actionable, high-leverage content and results. Relievers recorded four wins and five saves, including a career-first, while suffering three losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB BF Aroldis Chapman 13 13 76.9 53.8 3:0 3 Seth Halvorsen 4 15 53.3 0 0:0…
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Closer Monkey Rankings Updates | 6.16.2025
Recognizing that ranking relievers can become outdated within hours, Closer Monkey’s updated rankings incorporate in-season results with rest-of-season potential, yielding a number often worth debating. Each week, we are providing saves, SOLDS, and holds rankings. Relievers on the Rise With news surfacing he may not miss time, Will Vest has been added to our rankings.…
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Monkey Bytes | June 16
Sunday continued a weekend trend of surprising saves, including a career-first by a Miami reliever, promoted before the game. Relievers finished with seven wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save, and converted six saves while suffering five losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB BF…
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Monkey Bytes | June 15
First and foremost, Happy Father’s Day to our readers. Enjoy the time with your families. Saturday did not go according to plan for fantasy managers. Relievers recorded eight wins and five saves while suffering six losses. However, a day off for Aroldis Chapman resulted in an ancillary save by his teammate, and the Phillies opted…
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Monkey Bytes | June 14
Friday’s full slate resulted in eight wins by relievers, though one was accompanied by a blown save (Dennis Santana) versus five losses. There were six saves, covered in condensed form, though a chart cannot tell the whole story: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Trevor Megill 14 21 66.7 19 2:0 Félix Bautista 13…
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