Tag: Jeremiah Estrada
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Monkey Bytes | May 28
Tuesday’s slate was beneficial to the save streamers, with three vulture recommendations coming through, though one allowed two earned runs. Relievers recorded five wins and nine saves last night while suffering seven losses. Here is the condensed view of Tuesday’s saves: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Ryan Helsley 11 13 84.6 23.1 2:0…
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Monkey Bytes | May 3
Friday provided some highs and lows, plus a few surprises during high-leverage appearances. Relievers recorded four wins and six saves while getting tagged with four losses and only one blown save. Today’s takeaways feature the fifth Dodgers’ reliever with a save, the Angels’ closer showing signs of rust in a meltdown, and a pitch mix…
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Closer Monkey’s Top 75 for SOLDS
While those in saves formats try figuring out who will win camp competitions for the ninth inning, fantasy managers in SOLDS leagues can focus on the best relievers, preferably on winning teams, when building rosters. For example, relievers provide more SOLDS than saves, illustrated in this chart showing trends for the last three years: There…
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Monkey Bytes: August 3
Friday night’s slate featured some confusing usage patterns, fueling more questions than answers in the remaining unsettled bullpen hierarchies following the trade deadline. Six relievers recorded a win, and there were six saves, including yesterday’s vulture recommendation, Joe Jiménez. Our Closer CliffsNotes recaps the high-leverage events of interest. Closer CliffsNotes Three Takeaways Vulture Save Option…
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Monkey Bytes: June 21
Smaller slates like last night’s nine-game one can provide limited high-leverage events or a multitude of them. Yesterday’s contests yielded six saves, two blown saves resulting in a win, and five wins by relievers. Headlining the saves, Arizona played its first game, which was not decided by five or more runs in 11 games, providing…