Closer Monkey

Closer Monkey | 2026

  • 2017 AL West Preview

    February 27, 2017 Houston Astros – Ken Giles will certainly hope for a better start to 2017 than he had last year. After losing the closer’s job in spring training, Giles yielded 10 earned runs over 10 innings in April. By mid-August, Giles reclaimed the closer job and never looked back, gathering 14 saves over the final…

  • Closer Monkey hibernation

    Closer Monkey is going into hibernation for the winter, but as always, we wanted to say thank you to all of our subscribers for a great year. We tried our best to respond to your feedback from previous seasons (speed! speed! and more speed!) and are happy to report that our average alert time this…

  • Jacob Barnes records save

    October 2, 2016 Fall is here, the perfect time for a Closer Monkey hoodie!  Tweet or email us a photo of you wearing your hoodie — or any CM apparel — at an MLB playoff game, and you’ll get free Premium service for the 2017 season! Milwaukee Brewers — Jacob Barnes picked up his first career save last night.  Tyler Thornburg blew the save…

  • Jake Barrett closed out 2016 on a roll; watch for him next year

    October 1, 2016 Fall is here, the perfect time for a Closer Monkey hoodie!  Tweet or email us a photo of you wearing your hoodie — or any CM apparel — at an MLB playoff game, and you’ll get free Premium service for the 2017 season! Arizona Diamondbacks — Jake Barrett hasn’t pitched for nine days; well…

  • Reds yell “it cheated!” after ‘Final Boss’ defeats them

    September 30, 2016 Fall is here, the perfect time for a Closer Monkey hoodie!  Tweet or email us a photo of you wearing your hoodie — or any CM apparel — at an MLB playoff game, and you’ll get free Premium service for the 2017 season! St. Louis Cardinals – Battling a sore groin and pitching in…

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