Closer Monkey | 2026
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Closer Monkey Updated Rankings | 6.2.2025
Recognizing that ranking relievers can become outdated within hours, Closer Monkey’s updated rankings incorporate in-season results with rest-of-season potential, yielding a number often worth debating.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 What to Watch For (W2W4) Updated Top 40 Closers Rank Relievers 1 Josh Hader 2 Edwin…
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Monkey Bytes | June 2
Sunday’s slate provided five wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save (Andrés Muñoz) and ten saves. Relief pitchers were also tagged with four losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Robert Suarez 19 11 63.6 9.1 2:0 Josh Hader 15 14 71.4 28.6 2:0 Emmanuel…
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Monkey Bytes | June 1
Saturday was a strange slate with a mix of shutouts and some lopsided contests. Relievers recorded five and seven saves while suffering four losses. Here are the condensed recaps of the saves: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Carlos Estévez 16 14 64.2 0 0:0 Jeff Hoffman 13 18 66.7 5.6 1:1 Emmanuel Clase…
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Monkey Bytes | May 31
Friday’s full slate resulted in four wins by relievers and nine saves while suffering four losses. There were a couple of surprises during leverage events and a career-first save. Here is our condensed chart: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Robert Suarez 18 19 68.4 10.5 3:0 Kyle Finnegan 16 22 63.6 13.6 0:0…
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Monkey Bytes | May 30
Thursday’s five-game slate provided three relievers wins and one save against three losses. Unfortunately, there are no vulture plays, and the only save will be covered in our game recaps. However, as a bonus, a deep dive into Alexis Díaz will be included following his trade to the Dodgers: But first, the game recaps from…
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