Tag: Kyle Finnegan
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Monkey Bytes | March 28
Domestic Opening Day featured a bevy of high-leverage events and chaos, indicating how things may proceed this season. Relievers recorded seven wins, nine saves, seven losses, and six blown saves across the 14-game slate, covered below. But first, some takeaways. Three Takeaways Suarez adapts: Protecting a three-run lead, Robert Suarez notched his first save with…
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Monkey Bytes | March 24
Updating the Reds plan for save situations with Alexis Díaz on the injured list, Terry Francona would not name an interim closer in this column by Mark Sheldon for MLB.com. Though our original hierarchy did not include Taylor Rogers, he’s mentioned as an option, along with Scott Barlow and potentially Graham Ashcraft. If it’s a…
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Monkey Bytes | March 21
Perhaps foreshadowing his decision, Bud Black summoned Victor Vodnik at the bottom of the ninth against Texas with a three-run lead. Vodnik retired the side and recorded one strikeout, throwing 14 pitches (12 strikes – 85.7 Strike%) with three whiffs (21.4 SwStr%). He has a 1.14 WHIP with eight strikeouts versus one walk (24.2 K-BB%)…
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Monkey Bytes | March 17
Mason Miller allowed a hit and recorded two strikeouts in his sixth appearance this spring. By my count, he threw 15 pitches (11 strikes – 73.3 Strike%) and generated five whiffs (33.3 SwStr%). He has a 0.67 WHIP with eight strikeouts against one walk (31.9 K-BB%) through six innings. Per the broadcast, he was hitting…
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Closer Monkey’s Top 40 Closers (1.0)
Although context and league trends can be as important as rankings, going through tiers helps identify how the positional landscape appears. It must be noted that there are four camp competitions for the ninth inning: There are also muddled or potential timeshare situations for the following teams: With this in mind, and using tiers as…