Tag: Aroldis Chapman
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Monkey Bytes | April 11
Thursday’s five-game slate resulted in two extra-inning contests, with relievers recording four wins, four losses, and converting one save versus three blown saves. Because of the reduced schedule, today’s takeaways will focus on rehabbing relievers at Triple-A. Three Takeaways (1) Hendriks’ strong debut: It’s taken with a grain of salt, given the talent disparity between…
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Monkey Bytes | April 7
Sunday was a voluminous day from a high-leverage standpoint, highlighted by Bob Nightengale: Relievers recorded nine wins and seven losses and converted six saves while suffering nine blown saves on a volatile slate. Velocity and location remain two focal points early this season; our three takeaways explore results by three relievers of interest. Three Takeaways…
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Monkey Bytes | April 5
Friday’s 14-game slate featured three reliever wins, three losses, and seven saves in nine opportunities. There were elevated pitch counts, some velocity concerns, and more notes of interest covered in today’s post. Three Takeaways (1) Should Pressly be on the “hot seat”? – Walking the wire during the top of the ninth, Ryan Pressly held…
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Monkey Bytes | April 3
Tuesday’s full slate resulted in five reliever wins and four losses while they converted nine of 12 save chances. Pittsburgh deployed Dennis Santana in the first save chance since demoting David Bednar, and multiple relievers prepared for a save chance and pitched in a non-save capacity when their teams added runs during the eighth inning.…
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Monkey Bytes | March 28
Domestic Opening Day featured a bevy of high-leverage events and chaos, indicating how things may proceed this season. Relievers recorded seven wins, nine saves, seven losses, and six blown saves across the 14-game slate, covered below. But first, some takeaways. Three Takeaways Suarez adapts: Protecting a three-run lead, Robert Suarez notched his first save with…