Tag: Cleveland Guardians

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 21

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 21

    Wednesday’s 14-game slate resulted in five reliever wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save (David Bednar). Relievers also secured seven saves and suffered five losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: For the save streamers: Vulture Save Options for August 21 News, Notes, and Observations Although redraft players had already moved on,…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 19

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 19

    After the second game of a scheduled doubleheader was postponed in Chicago, the slate was reduced to 12 contests. Relievers recorded three wins and five saves while suffering three losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: For the save streamers: Vulture Save Options for August 19 Doubleheader Options, take two Here are the leverage…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 15

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 15

    Though small in stature, Thursday’s seven-game slate yielded two reliever wins, five saves, and two losses. One reliever recorded his first save of the season, another notched the first of his career, and there was a one-out save. Here are the five saves in condensed form: For the save streamers: Vulture Save Options for August…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 13

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 13

    Once again, Houston steals the introduction, placing its closer, Josh Hader, on the 15-day injured list: Manager Joe Espada would not commit to defined roles during future save chances, making this another dreaded post-trade deadline committee, covered by Brian McTaggart in this post for MLB.com: Bryan Abreu has nine career saves, without one this season,…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 10

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 10

    Saturday’s slate provided plenty of intrigue across the high-leverage ecosystem. Relievers recorded four wins, one accompanied by a blown save (David Bednar), and nine saves while suffering five losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: For the save streamers: Vulture Save Options for August 10 Vulture Save Stashes for August 11 Here are the…