Tag: Cleveland Guardians
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Monkey Bytes, April 21: Alzolay’s fourth blown save, Fairbanks MIA, Edwin Díaz pitches in the eighth inning, Historic Saves, Game Recaps, and more
Noting Friday’s slate only yielded four saves, Saturday not only provided a multitude of high-leverage events, it was pure chaos. It started with the Rays not using Pete Fairbanks against the Yankees during a save situation, followed by a blown save in Game 1 by Adbert Alzolay, two saves by relievers moving up the all-time…
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Monkey Bytes, April 19: Clase closed (save number five), Poche records his second, Quick Hits, and W2W4 this weekend
Thursday’s limited slate became smaller when the Cubs game was postponed. It will be made up as a doubleheader on Saturday. But, all three early games provided a save. These, and other tidbits of information ahead of the weekend covered in today’s Monkey Bytes. Cleveland Guardians – Nailing down his fifth save, Emmanuel Clase fired…
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Monkey Bytes, April 11: Minnesota’s hierarchy remains fluid, Kimbrel nails down his second, Scott holds on for his first, Game Recaps, and more
Wednesday’s split slate provided some high-leverage events of interest, including a frustrating one by the Twins bullpen, but without Jhoan Durán, it’s apparent Griffin Jax will be the HLR (highest-leveraged reliever), not the primary save share, plan accordingly. Minnesota Twins – Recording his first major league save, Steven Okert navigated around a one-out pinch-hit single by…