Tag: Pittsburgh Pirates
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 10.11.2026
Shifting to the National League, MLB.com’s beat writers focused on the bullpens and how they will be addressed this season. Today’s post will share their observations and thoughts. Arizona Diamondbacks – From Steve Gilbert’s D-backs Beat, change will be occurring in a bullpen anchored by three young relievers: Justin Martinez returned from Tommy John surgery…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | 9.4.2026
Thursday’s 9-game slate resulted in five wins, five saves, two losses, and one blown save by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 1,085 saves this season by 241 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 | 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 | 8.25.2026
Monday’s 10-game slate featured three wins, five saves, two losses, and two blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 1,025 saves this season by 236 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 | 8.16.2026
Saturday’s slate featured five wins (though one was accompanied by a blown save), six saves, seven losses, and three blown saves by relievers. Here are the saves in condensed form: There have been 961 saves this season by 234 different pitchers. For perspective, this season has already set an MLB record for the number of…