Tag: Atlanta Braves
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Monkey Bytes | June 6
Could a historic meltdown be the downfall of Raisel Iglesias as Atlanta’s closer? Time will tell. He’s insulated by a lack of talent in his team’s leverage ladder. However, Thursday’s loss was rough: As a result, the team will promote Craig Kimbrel from Triple-A. He went 1-1 while recording three saves with a 1.091 WHIP…
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Monkey Bytes | June 5
Although there was one postponed game on Wednesday, relievers recorded six wins and eighth saves while suffering five losses. Here are the saves in condensed form, including a career first: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Kyle Finnegan 17 18 77.8 22.2 1:0 Félix Bautista 11 17 52.9 17.6 0:1 Pete Fairbanks 11 18…
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Monkey Bytes | June 2
Sunday’s slate provided five wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save (Andrés Muñoz) and ten saves. Relief pitchers were also tagged with four losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Robert Suarez 19 11 63.6 9.1 2:0 Josh Hader 15 14 71.4 28.6 2:0 Emmanuel…
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Monkey Bytes | May 30
Thursday’s five-game slate provided three relievers wins and one save against three losses. Unfortunately, there are no vulture plays, and the only save will be covered in our game recaps. However, as a bonus, a deep dive into Alexis Díaz will be included following his trade to the Dodgers: But first, the game recaps from…
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Monkey Bytes | May 24
Friday night’s slate featured some rough outings by high-leverage relievers. During its 15 games, relievers recorded six wins and nine saves while suffering seven losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Andrés Muñoz 17 7 100 14.3 0:0 Robert Suarez 16 19 68.4 10.5 0:0 Kenley Jansen…