Tag: Paul Sewald

  • Monkey Bytes: July 20

    Monkey Bytes: July 20

    Friday ushered in the onset of the second half and some poignant high-leverage outcomes. Relievers recorded four wins, including a walk-off in Pittsburgh. Six saves were secured in the 13-game slate. Two teams, Milwaukee and Minnesota, had a scheduled off day, and a rainout in Atlanta reduced the slate by one. With three left-handed hitters…

  • Updated Top-50 for Saves and Top-75 for SOLDS for the start of the Second Half

    Updated Top-50 for Saves and Top-75 for SOLDS for the start of the Second Half

    The table includes rankings for relievers at the start of the second half. It includes their save, K-BB percentage, swinging strike rate, and WHIP through games played on July 14. This table also shows each reliever’s ranking in Standings Gain Points (SGP) for the season and the last 30 days, helping identify recent trends. These…

  • Monkey Bytes: July 12

    Thursday’s slate started slowly but finished with two reliever wins and six saves. Paul Sewald recorded his second save in as many days with a little help from his defense, and Josh Hader fired a clean ninth against the Marlins, closing out a series sweep. There have been reports that Pittsburgh will activate David Bednar…

  • Monkey Bytes: July 11

    Monkey Bytes: July 11

    Wednesday’s 17-game slate yielded four relievers wins and 10 saves. James “The General” McArthur recorded saves in each game of his team’s sweep of a split-game doubleheader against St. Louis. He’s the sixth Royals reliever to accomplish the feat and the first since Greg Holland did it two times in 2013. In the other doubleheader,…

  • Monkey Bytes: July 9

    Monkey Bytes: July 9

    Monday’s seven-game produced three reliever wins, two during extra-inning contests, and three saves. However, all three were considered ancillary since none were recorded by the team’s primary save share. Because of how things transpired for Paul Sewald, the recaps and three takeaways will be reversed in today’s post for a deeper dive into his recent…