Category: Monkey Bytes

  • Monkey Bytes | March 18

    Monkey Bytes | March 18

    Following his rough outing on Saturday, Alexis Díaz will make his next appearance in a minor league game per Mark Shelton on BlueSky: At this career stage, Terry Francona does not have the patience for free passes by his closer. Díaz has not recorded a walk rate below 12.6 percent through three seasons. It may…

  • Monkey Bytes | March 17

    Monkey Bytes | March 17

    Mason Miller allowed a hit and recorded two strikeouts in his sixth appearance this spring. By my count, he threw 15 pitches (11 strikes – 73.3 Strike%) and generated five whiffs (33.3 SwStr%). He has a 0.67 WHIP with eight strikeouts against one walk (31.9 K-BB%) through six innings. Per the broadcast, he was hitting…

  • Monkey Bytes | March 16

    Monkey Bytes | March 16

    Combining a rough 2024 with a new manager gives Alexis Díaz a tenuous hold on being Cincinnati’s closer this season. He did not help his case on Saturday. He allowed three hits, five earned runs, and three walks while striking out one in one-third of the fifth against the Royals. He threw 33 pitches (18…

  • Monkey Bytes | March 15

    Monkey Bytes | March 15

    Logging his fourth spring outing, Félix Bautista fired a clean fifth while recording two strikeouts. Per Roch Kubatko on “X.” Bautista reached 98 miles per hour and induced one groundout in this outing. He has a 1.50 WHIP with seven strikeouts against one walk (33.3 K-BB%), and a 14.1 swinging strike percentage. As his command…

  • Monkey Bytes | March 14

    Monkey Bytes | March 14

    When it felt like David Bednar was turning the corner with three scoreless outings, he had a rough outing against the Twins on Thursday. He allowed three hits, five earned runs, and two walks over one-third of the sixth. He threw 26 pitches (12 strikes – 46.2 Strike percentage) and induced one whiff: His velocities…