Tag: Chicago White Sox
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Monkey Bytes | March 25
Although things seemed stable in Texas’ bullpen hierarchy, Bruce Bochy deployed a new usage pattern during high-leverage innings in the team’s game versus Kansas City on Monday. He suggested it could be “pretty close” to how he lines up high-leverage events this season, per Michael Bier on “X.” Closing out his first spring save, Luke…
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Monkey Bytes | March 22
One day removed from reports suggesting Opening Day was in question, Félix Bautista appeared in a spring training game against the Tigers. He recorded a strikeout, gave up a solo home run, issued a walk, produced another strikeout, and walked one more batter before his removal. Per Roch Kubatko, Bautista threw 26 pitches, hitting 98…
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Monkey Bytes | March 20
Leading off with the only game that counted during the Tokyo Series, the Dodgers flexed its bullpen depth by not using any reliever in both wins. Alex Vesia converted his first save, working around a two-double by Kyle Tucker and a walk with a game-ending groundout. Vesia threw 23 pitches (14 strikes – 60.9 Strike%)…
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Monkey Bytes | March 13
Only four relievers recorded more than 35 saves last season, and two had rough outings with Opening Day two weeks away. Emmanuel Clase allowed four hits and three earned runs over two-thirds of an inning against San Francisco. Not to be outdone, Robert Suarez suffered his first loss, allowing five hits, four earned runs, and…
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Monkey Bytes | March 10
Sunday’s spring slate featured Mike Clevinger’s debut as a reliever for the White Sox and another outing featuring hard contact against Liam Hendriks of the Red Sox. Beginning with Clevinger, he fired a clean bottom of the fourth and recorded two strikeouts. He threw 11 pitches (63.6 Strike%) and induced three whiffs (27.3 SwStr%): Seeing…