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  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.7.2026

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.7.2026

    Thursday’s 11-game slate featured six wins, four saves, three losses, and four blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 888 saves this season by 219 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already surpassed last year for the number of pitchers with at least one save and is…

  • Trade Deadline Tracker for Relievers | 2026

    Trade Deadline Tracker for Relievers | 2026

    Closer Monkey’s trade deadline tracker will update with each reliever acquisition before the trade deadline passes on August 3, at 6 p.m. ET. August 3 Pittsburgh Pirates – Viewed as the best reliever available this trade deadline, the Pirates have traded their ninth-ranked prospect to the Mets for Luke Weaver:  Weaver has playoff pedigree as…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.3.2026

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.3.2026

    Sunday’s slate featured six wins (two were accompanied by a blown save), six saves, three losses, and three blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 865 saves this season by 216 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already surpassed last year for the number of pitchers with…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.1.2026

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.1.2026

    Friday’s slate featured eight wins, nine saves, five losses, and five blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 851 saves this season by 215 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already matched last year for the number of pitchers with at least one save with two months…

  • Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 7.26.2026

    Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 7.26.2026

    Saturday’s slate featured four wins, nine saves, four losses, and two blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 802 saves this season by 209 different pitchers. In the previous five MLB seasons, the league average for pitchers with a save was just over 214:  This season may surpass…