Tag: Aroldis Chapman
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Monkey Bytes: July 29
There is only one more day until the trade deadline, and the reliever market will remain active. During Sunday’s games, relievers recorded nine wins across the 15-game slate and secured seven saves. Two more trades were made with relievers; Tampa Bay was involved in each, covered below. Our three takeaways focused on three struggling relievers…
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Monkey Bytes: July 12
Thursday’s slate started slowly but finished with two reliever wins and six saves. Paul Sewald recorded his second save in as many days with a little help from his defense, and Josh Hader fired a clean ninth against the Marlins, closing out a series sweep. There have been reports that Pittsburgh will activate David Bednar…
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Top 50 Relievers for Saves and Top 75 for SOLDS: Week 16
I am experimenting with the presentation of the weekly rankings. Within the table are rankings for relievers this week. It includes their save, K-BB percentage, swinging strike rate, and WHIP through games played on July 7. This table also shows each reliever’s ranking in Standings Gain Points (SGP) for the season, the last 30 days,…
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Monkey Bytes: July 8
Sunday did not provide much volume, with only six relievers recording a win and five with saves. However, Miami and Minnesota won on walk-off home runs, while Toronto held on for an extra-inning victory in Seattle. Speaking of home runs, it will be the first feature in today’s three takeaways. Three Takeaways Link: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/SoiKP/2/ Next,…
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Monkey Bytes: July 4
First, a happy and safe July Fourth to our Closer Monkey community. Please enjoy your time with family and friends. During last night’s full slate, relievers had two multiple-inning wins, two wins after a blown save, and six in all. There were eight saves, including a historical one by Craig Kimbrel. He moved into fourth…