Tag: Paul Sewald

  • Monkey Bytes: August 1

    Following a voluminous trade deadline for relievers, roles will continue to evolve through this weekend. It is challenging to say one reliever will be the closer when teams may be deploying a match-up-based approach or auditioning players for their leverage role. Because of this, the hierarchies and our closer depth chart will undergo multiple updates…

  • Monkey Bytes: July 29

    Monkey Bytes: July 29

    There is only one more day until the trade deadline, and the reliever market will remain active. During Sunday’s games, relievers recorded nine wins across the 15-game slate and secured seven saves. Two more trades were made with relievers; Tampa Bay was involved in each, covered below. Our three takeaways focused on three struggling relievers…

  • Monkey Bytes: July 27

    Monkey Bytes: July 27

    Friday provided a bevy of high-leverage events and three trades involving relievers, with more on the way soon. In last night’s slate, relievers recorded five wins and five saves. However, the most interesting storylines may have been the Yankees’ blown save in Boston and a loss in Baltimore. Closer CliffsNotes Roster Updates Seattle Mariners –…

  • 2024 Trade Deadline Buy/Sell: National League

    2024 Trade Deadline Buy/Sell: National League

    Updated: July 26, 2024 With days until the trade deadline (July 30), here are the latest playoff projections for the American League courtesy of Baseball-Reference: Glossary: BUY+: This reliever has a strong chance (50 percent or better) of becoming a closer after the trade deadline. BUY: This reliever has a slight chance (at least 20…

  • Monkey Bytes: July 21

    Monkey Bytes: July 21

    Saturday’s 17 games featured two extra-inning games, a split doubleheader between St. Louis and Atlanta, and three one-run contests. Relievers recorded six wins and six saves, with only one ancillary one by Kyle Leahy of the Cardinals in Game 2. During an eventual win against Boston, Evan Phillips allowed another home run by Tyler O’Neill…