Tag: Kevin Kelly
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 7.2.2026
Wednesday’s 14-game slate featured five wins (two bulk), five saves, two losses, and one blown save by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 660 saves this season by 186 different pitchers. Here are the vulture options: Vulture Save Options for 7.2.2026 Vulture Save Stashes for 7.3.2026 Trade Deadline Primers Our…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 6.18.2026
Wednesday’s slate featured three reliever wins, five saves, and one loss, with only one blown save. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 559 saves this season by 169 different pitchers. Here are the limited vulture options: Vulture Save Options for 6.18.2026 Vulture Save Stashes for 6.19.2026 For those interested in our…
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Monkey Bytes: August 3
Friday night’s slate featured some confusing usage patterns, fueling more questions than answers in the remaining unsettled bullpen hierarchies following the trade deadline. Six relievers recorded a win, and there were six saves, including yesterday’s vulture recommendation, Joe Jiménez. Our Closer CliffsNotes recaps the high-leverage events of interest. Closer CliffsNotes Three Takeaways Vulture Save Option…
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Monkey Bytes, May 16: Muñoz saves Seattle again, Doval hangs on against the Dodgers, Recaps, and more
Wednesday’s split slate provided multiple high-leverage events of interest, but the weak leverage ladder for the Mariners may wear down its talented closer, Andrés Muñoz. He recorded his second five-out save this year, and his MLB-leading fourth save requiring four or more outs. Camilo Doval preserved a three-run win over the Dodgers, his team’s first…
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Colin Holderman becomes Colin Saverman
June 6, 2023 Pittsburgh Pirates – Colin Holderman had as adventurous a scoreless inning as a pitcher can have (the first three batters got hits; one was erased via caught stealing), but got the job done and picked up his first save of the year. As the Vulture Save Watch stated yesterday, David Bednar had…