Tag: Jeff Hoffman
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Projecting 2027 Closers | American League
Looking ahead as the season winds down can offer insight into what to watch for in the remaining games while starting preparations for 2027. This alone can cause anxiety, as looming labor relations could affect the total number of games played. Like the projected closers for some teams, this is out of fantasy managers’ hands,…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.9.2026
Saturday’s slate featured six wins (one accompanied by a blown save), 10 saves, five losses, and four blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 909 saves this season by 223 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already surpassed last year for the number of pitchers with at…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.4.2026
Monday’s eight-game slate featured two wins, three saves, two losses, and three blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 868 saves this season by 216 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already surpassed last year for the number of pitchers with at least one save and is…
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Trade Deadline Market Trends | 7.23.2026
There are more projected buyers than sellers, which makes predicting which relievers may lose their leverage roles challenging. Instead of splitting this into two separate columns, the market trends will explore the sellers, teams taking a hybrid approach (buy and sell), and the buyers. Projected Sellers Teams will be interested in the left-handed options, especially…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 5.31.2026
Saturday’s slate featured five reliever wins, five saves, five losses, and five blown saves. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 440 saves this season by 144 different pitchers. As for the vulture options during today’s slate: Vulture Save Options for 5.31.2026 Vulture Save Stashes for 6.1.2026 For those interested in our…