Tag: Josh Hader
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2027 Free Agents
Uncertainty about an extended lockout may fuel a frenzied free-agent period before the owners enact it. From Andy McCullough’s column for The Athletic on the topic: Five days after the World Series ends, free agency begins. Noting the problems a lockout presents for players, signings may be fast and furious: The reliever market is more…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 9.24.2026
Wednesday’s slate produced eight wins, eight saves, seven losses, and one blown save by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 1,229 saves this season by 254 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already set an MLB record for the number of pitchers with at least one save; the previous…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 9.18.2026
Thursday’s 9-game slate produced six wins, four saves, two losses, and three blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 1,187 saves this season by 250 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already set an MLB record for the number of pitchers with at least one save. Here…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 9.16.2026
Tuesday’s slate resulted in six wins (one accompanied by a blown save), six saves, seven losses, and six blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 1,170 saves this season by 249 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already set an MLB record for the number of pitchers…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 9.11.2026
On this 25th remembrance of 9/11, I remember what would have been my first active day of classes as a Physical Education teacher in Syracuse. However, the strike of the second tower occurred right before my students arrived for class. Parents were coming to pick up their kids as I had them sitting in the…