Tag: Garrett Whitlock
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Monkey Bytes | June 16
Sunday continued a weekend trend of surprising saves, including a career-first by a Miami reliever, promoted before the game. Relievers finished with seven wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save, and converted six saves while suffering five losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB BF…
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Monkey Bytes | June 14
Friday’s full slate resulted in eight wins by relievers, though one was accompanied by a blown save (Dennis Santana) versus five losses. There were six saves, covered in condensed form, though a chart cannot tell the whole story: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Trevor Megill 14 21 66.7 19 2:0 Félix Bautista 13…
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Monkey Bytes | April 4
Thursday’s small slate, five games, yielded plenty of action for high-leverage relievers. They recorded a win and four saves, factoring in each contest. Because of the limited action, the takeaways will focus on teams of interest from these games. Today’s Takeaways Philadelphia Phillies Making his first appearance on consecutive days, José Alvarado hung on for…
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Monkey Bytes | March 19
Although spring training continues for most MLB teams, the Tokyo Series provided the first save of 2025: Los Angeles Dodgers – Registering the first save of 2025, Tanner Scott retired the side and recorded one strikeout against the Cubs 5-6-7 lineup pocket. He threw ten pitches (80 Strike%) with two whiffs (20 SwStr%): Updated Hierarchy:…
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Monkey Bytes | March 16
Combining a rough 2024 with a new manager gives Alexis Díaz a tenuous hold on being Cincinnati’s closer this season. He did not help his case on Saturday. He allowed three hits, five earned runs, and three walks while striking out one in one-third of the fifth against the Royals. He threw 33 pitches (18…