Tag: Cole Sands

  • Monkey Bytes | May 17

    Monkey Bytes | May 17

    Relievers recorded two wins and seven saves while suffering three losses during Friday’s full slate. Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB José Alvarado 7 6 83.3 33.3 1:0 Beau Brieske 1 18 72.2 11.1 0:0 Kyle Finnegan 14 15 60 0 1:0 Raisel Iglesias 8 15 73.3 6.7 1:0 Emilio Pagán 10 16 62.5…

  • Monkey Bytes: September 16

    Monkey Bytes: September 16

    Sunday’s slate provided many high-leverage intrigue events, many with playoff implications. Six relievers recorded wins, and ten secured saves. Atlanta and the Mets lost due to ninth-inning rallies by their opponents, and Arizona produced a walk-off win against Milwaukee featuring curious usage patterns in the tenth inning. Our condensed game recaps cover Sunday’s action, including…

  • Monkey Bytes: August 18

    Monkey Bytes: August 18

    Baseball Reference identifies a blowout as a game decided by five or more runs. Saturday’s slate featured six such contests, though two provided a save. Relievers only recorded two wins and seven saves, though four were of the ancillary variety. Our condensed recaps cover the high-leverage events of interest and some relievers getting in work…

  • Monkey Bytes: August 5

    Monkey Bytes: August 5

    Sunday proved slippery from a fantasy perspective in high-leverage. Seven relievers recorded a win, and there were six saves. However, there were two first saves of the season, Hunter Harvey and Anthony Banda, while Roansy Contreras secured a vulture save for the Angels. Our condensed recaps cover the results of interest from this slate and…

  • Monkey Bytes: July 23

    Monkey Bytes: July 23

    Monday’s 13-game slate provided six reliever wins, featuring late-inning rallies and two extra-inning contests. Six relievers secured saves, with only Cole Sands providing a vulture one because his team padded its lead. Another late-inning collapse cost the Red Sox, and it may affect their trade deadline maneuvers, which are covered in today’s takeaways. Three Takeaways…