Tag: Houston Astros
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Monkey Bytes, May 1: Hader logs two innings, Muñoz posts his first five-out save, Durán debuts, Game Recaps, and more
Chaos did not reign supreme but was sprinkled throughout Tuesday’s 16-game slate. Detroit deployed a match-up-based approach during Game 1, which backfired. There were two ancillary saves, two first saves of the season, though one was by a closer returning from injury. In all, nine saves were secured and five blown saves, recapped in our…
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Monkey Bytes, April 29: Kimbrel suffers a second straight blown save, Plus two career-first saves, Game Recaps, and more
Sunday slates provide ancillary saves courtesy of workload management programs for relievers, along with the usual chaos that accompanies the ever-volatile saves category. Before delving into the game recaps, the CliffsNotes version of the high-leverage events of interest from yesterday’s action. Closer CliffsNotes American League (RP | BAL): Suffering his third blown save, and first…
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Monkey Bytes, April 26: A save share for the Brew Crew, Neris hangs on for his third, Game Recaps, and more
Thursday’s smaller slate yielded high-leverage outings of interest, along with some insight on how teams may be structuring their bullpens with May on the horizon. Although fantasy players prefer clarity, a clear-cut closer may not be used by teams who prefer matching up by lineup pockets in a series. With this in mind, here’s today’s…
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Monkey Bytes, April 25: Cash flummoxes fantasy players (again), Neris records his second save, Payamps his fourth, Game Recaps, and more
Leading off with three of the more confusing leverage ladders, Wednesday’s slate featured leverage pathways by the Rays, Cubs, and Brewers resulting in saves. Will these patterns repeat? This remains one of the biggest questions ahead of this weekend’s contests. All of yesterday’s high-leverage events of interest get covered in our daily Monkey Bytes. Tampa…
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Under the Hood: Alzolay and Hader outlooks moving forward
This week’s under the hood sets its sights on the early struggles by Adbert Alzolay, removing him from the closer role in Chicago in the near-term, and Josh Hader suffering from some bad luck in his results. Adbert Alzolay, Chicago Cubs Not much has gone right for Alzolay, he’s already suffered more blown saves (four)…