Tag: José Alvarado
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 6.19.2026
Thursday’s eight-game slate featured three reliever wins, four saves, and four losses, with only one blown save. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 563 saves this season by 170 different pitchers. Here are the limited vulture options: Vulture Save Option for 6.19.2026 Vulture Save Stash for 6.20.2026 For those interested in…
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Rapid Reaction | Jhoan Duran to the IL
I blame myself for pronouncing the death of the “floating closer” concept for the Phillies following the acquisition of Jhoan Duran. It did occur, but the talented closer has been placed on the 15-day injured list during random oblique injury week: Beginning with the team’s Win Probability Added results through games played on April 17:…
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Monkey Bytes | May 17
Relievers recorded two wins and seven saves while suffering three losses during Friday’s full slate. Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB José Alvarado 7 6 83.3 33.3 1:0 Beau Brieske 1 18 72.2 11.1 0:0 Kyle Finnegan 14 15 60 0 1:0 Raisel Iglesias 8 15 73.3 6.7 1:0 Emilio Pagán 10 16 62.5…
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Monkey Bytes | May 9
Thursday’s nine-game slate produced fours across the board. Relievers recorded four wins, saves, and holds. They also suffered four losses and four blown saves. In a leverage ladder that lost Joe Jiménez before the season began, a closer struggling with contact was not what Brian Snitker hoped for. Plus, a Reds reliever cannot convert his…
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Monkey Bytes | May 5
Sunday’s 16-game slate resulted in seven wins by relievers, though one was accompanied by a blown save, eight saves, and seven losses. Despite a runner reaching third with one out at the top of the ninth, Atlanta held on for a one-run win, Minnesota’s closer has tweaked his pitch mix, and St. Louis swept the…