Closer Monkey

Tag: Jorge Lopez

  • Will Smith picks up another save; Bryan Abreu continues to dominate

    April 24, 2023 Houston Astros – After a 22-pitch outing on Saturday — his third appearance in the last four games — Ryan Pressly got the night off. In his absence, the Astros went to Hector Neris in the 8th inning in a tie game, followed by Bryan Abreu in the 9th, once they’d taken…

  • Jhoan Duran unavailable after sleeping weirdly while Ryan Pressly has not been feeling well

    April 2, 2023 Minnesota Twins – Jorge Lopez pitched a perfect 9th inning for his first save of the season.  Jhoan Duran was unavailable because he slept funny the night before.  We will see if Lopez continues to steal save chances from Duran when he is available. Hierarchy remains: *Duran | Lopez | Thielbar.* =…

  • Top 15 Middle Relievers / Save Sleepers for 2023

    March 22, 2023 Below are our top middle relievers/save sleepers for 2023. Please note that these rankings are based on traditional (saves only) leagues and are therefore weighted toward players with the best chances of getting save opportunities at some point this season. 1. David Robertson – The Mets’ bullpen is unsettled after the Edwin…

  • 2023 AL Central Preview

    March 13, 2023 Chicago White Sox — All-Star closer Liam Hendriks is expected to begin the season on the IL after announcing in January that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  The White Sox have a number of options to close games while Hendriks is out, but it looks like they will not have a…

  • Jhoan Duran’s dominance continues

    September 19, 2022 Tampa Bay Rays – With four of the last five saves, including Sunday’s, Pete Fairbanks is the closest thing that the Rays have had to a full-time closer this session. The righty started his after returning from injury in July, whereupon he gave up three runs across his first two outings, but…