Tag: A.J. Minter
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Tiered Closer Rankings; Week 10
With another week in the rearview mirror, things have not settled across the high-leverage landscape. Due to recent usage patterns and outcomes, Detroit has joined a few teams in the unsettled leverage ladders department. Although rankings change rapidly, here are our tiered rankings entering game play on May 27. They are a blend of in-season…
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Tiered Closer Rankings Entering Week 9
It’s an intriguing exercise, and though rankings can change instantly, many still find meaning in them. With this in mind, these tiers will fuse this season’s performance entering gameplay on May 20 with rest-of-season potential. Tier One It’s still early, but for the never-pay-for-saves crowd, this top tier, with the exception of Clase, features closers…
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Monkey Bytes, May 14: Workload management yields two ancillary saves but David Bednar works in a third consecutive contest, Game Recaps, and more
Monday’s slate provided one postponement, three extra-inning contests, intriguing usage patterns based on workload management, and eight saves recorded during 13 games. For a second straight day, a reliever logged an appearance the last three days, this time it was the “Renegade“, David Bednar securing his eighth with a clean outing in Milwaukee. This and…
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Monkey Bytes, May 13: Jansen eschews workload management, Beeks records his third save, Durán in HLR purgatory, Game Recaps, and more
Once again, Sunday only provided five saves among its 15 contests, with some intriguing usage patterns. Kenley Jansen appeared for a third straight game, a rarity in the world of workload management. Jalen Beeks has emerged as the preferred save share for the Rockies, closing out a sweep of the defending World Champion Rangers. Even…