Tag: Orion Kerkering
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 8.31.2026
Sunday’s 14-game slate resulted in four wins, six saves, four losses, and five blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 1,067 saves this season by 240 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already set an MLB record for the number of pitchers with at least one save.…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 6.24.2026
Tuesday’s slate featured four reliever wins (one accompanied by a blown save), six saves, and seven losses, with six blown saves. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 601 saves this season by 174 different pitchers. Here are the vulture options: Vulture Save Options for 6.24.2026 Doubleheader Options Vulture Save Stashes for…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 5.16.2026
Friday’s slate featured eight reliever wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save, seven saves, and six losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 340 saves this season, by 122 different pitchers. Here is the updated save trends tracker: As for the vulture options during today’s slate: Vulture Save Options…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 5.14.2026
Wednesday’s wild slate featured nine reliever wins, six saves, five blown saves, and seven losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: As for the vulture options during today’s slate: Vulture Save Options for 5.14.2026 For those interested in our premium option (ad-free content), please use this LINK; it is $30 and covers the season.…
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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:…