Tag: Pittsburgh Pirates
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | September 3
Tuesday’s 14-game slate resulted in five reliever wins and eight saves, while they were tagged with six losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: For the save streamers: Vulture Save Options for September 3 Here are Tuesday’s leverage events of interest. Leverage Ladder Arizona Diamondbacks – Back from Triple-A, Taylor Rashi worked around two…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 30
Friday’s full slate tilted towards relievers who recorded seven wins against five losses while securing nine saves. Three relievers recorded their first save of the season. Two of the nine saves required more than three outs. Here they are in condensed form: For the save streamers: Vulture Save Options for August 30 Under the Hood…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 28
Almost half (seven) of the 15-game slate on Wednesday were games decided by five or more runs. Relievers recorded five wins and five saves, while suffering four losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: There are no vulture recommendations for August 28. Hierarchy Change Milwaukee Brewers – On the precipice of reaching a career…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 26
Monday’s 13-game slate had seven games decided in blowout fashion (five or more runs), including three shutouts. Relievers did record four wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save (Riley O’Brien), and three saves while incurring two losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Although our vulture save recommendation hit last night, there…
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Closer Monkey’s Leverage Ledger | August 25
It’s not as simple as saying there will be a changing of the guard for San Francisco. However, after the team rallied for a one-run lead in Milwaukee at the top of the ninth, Ryan Walker received the save opportunity. He worked around Sal Frelick’s two-out single and recorded two strikeouts during a scoreless outing,…