Tag: Joel Kuhnel

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 4.13.2026

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 4.13.2026

    Sunday’s full slate resulted in five wins and four losses by relievers, with seven saves converted. Here are the saves in condensed form:  As for the vulture options across today’s slate, noting ten teams are on a bye:  Vulture Save Options for 4.13.2026 For those interested in our premium option (ad-free content), please use this…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 4.9.2026

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 4.9.2026

    Wednesday’s full slate resulted in three wins and five losses by relievers, with eight saves converted. Of those eight, seven were a reliever’s first of the season, and a hat trick were their career-first saves, highlighted in yellow. Here are the saves in condensed form:  Today’s three takeaways cover Houston, Texas, and the A’s. As…

  • David Robertson to shoulder the load amidst Phillies bullpen injuries

    August 22, 2022 Milwaukee Brewers – Devin Williams wasn’t available Sunday after a heavy workload leading up, so Taylor Rogers got the 9th inning in a 3-run game, converting for his 29th save of the season — and his first since July 23. Hierarchy remains: Williams | Rogers | Bush. Cincinnati Reds – With a…

  • Alexis Diaz separating himself from the field in Cincinnati

    August 15, 2022 Cincinnati Reds – Alexis Diaz got the final five outs of Sunday afternoon’s victory, earning his fifth save and cementing himself atop the Cincinnati committee — if it even is one, that is. (If he strings together another save or two, he’ll kick this asterisk.) Also of note was how bad Hunter…

  • Kendall Graveman to close for White Sox after Liam Hendriks hits IL

    June 15, 2022 Chicago White Sox – We alerted you yesterday that Liam Hendriks will need an IL stint thanks to a right forearm strain; no word yet on the severity. Kendall Graveman will close in his absence. We’ll also welcome Joe Kelly to the hierarchy. He was activated from the IL on Tuesday and…