Tag: Kansas City Royals
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Monkey Bytes | June 8
Saturday’s slate featured a bevy of high-leverage situations. Relievers recorded nine wins, though two followed blown saves at the top of the inning, and seven saves while suffering six losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Jeff Hoffman 15 18 72.2 27.8 1:0 Kenley Jansen 14 14…
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Monkey Bytes | June 6
Could a historic meltdown be the downfall of Raisel Iglesias as Atlanta’s closer? Time will tell. He’s insulated by a lack of talent in his team’s leverage ladder. However, Thursday’s loss was rough: As a result, the team will promote Craig Kimbrel from Triple-A. He went 1-1 while recording three saves with a 1.091 WHIP…
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Monkey Bytes | June 4
Tuesday’s full slate resulted in six reliever wins and seven saves. Relief pitchers also were tagged with seven losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Carlos Estévez 17 18 55.6 11.1 2:1 Josh Hader 16 15 80 40 2:0 Emilio Pagán 16 18 66.7 22.2 1:0 Devin…
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Monkey Bytes | June 1
Saturday was a strange slate with a mix of shutouts and some lopsided contests. Relievers recorded five and seven saves while suffering four losses. Here are the condensed recaps of the saves: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Carlos Estévez 16 14 64.2 0 0:0 Jeff Hoffman 13 18 66.7 5.6 1:1 Emmanuel Clase…
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Monkey Bytes | May 29
Things were frenetic during Wednesday’s slate, with Bob Melvin announcing a change at closer for the San Francisco Giants. Camilo Doval will replace Ryan Walker as we advance based on this year’s performance by each reliever. Wednesday’s full slate was reduced by one with a postponement in Philadelphia, which will be played as a split…