Category: Under the Hood
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Monkey Bytes | July 4
First, a happy Fourth of July to our terrific community. In yesterday’s nine-game slate, relievers only recorded two wins, with one accompanied by a blown save (Juan Mejia), but secured five saves while being tagged with four losses. Here are the saves in condensed form, noting two required four outs (Seth Halvorsen and Carlos Estévez):…
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Monkey Bytes | June 30
As the month concludes, things remain unsettled in multiple bullpens, but what is even more confusing is predicting how the trade deadline will affect leverage ladders. More clarity may evolve by the All-Star break, but this will be a pivotal stretch for teams on the bubble. Across Sunday’s full slate, relievers recorded nine wins and…
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Monkey Bytes | June 26
Wednesday’s full slate provided eight saves, though one required two innings and one four pitches. Relievers only recorded two wins, one with a blown save attached, and three losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB BF Josh Hader 21 16 50 0 1:0 3 Trevor Megill 18…
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Under the Hood: Wild Card Round in Review
With the first round of the playoffs in the rearview mirror, here are some thoughts and observations about how relievers performed. American League Detroit Tigers Capping a comeback in Game 2, Will Vest recorded his first postseason save after securing two in the regular season. He also posted 1.2 clean frames in Game 1 with…
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Under the Hood: What’s going on with David Bednar and Héctor Neris
Life, like underlying data, can be tricky. Although time did not allow itself last week, it’s time for another Under the Hood session featuring two relievers in the National League Central. Acknowledging ERA can be a fluky statistic, lets post some surface numbers for the two relievers: Which one owns the lower ERA? As one…