Tag: Philadelphia Phillies
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Monkey Bytes, April 24: Bednar works in three straight, Clase nails down his seventh save, Tampa Bay shows its hand in a loss, Game Recaps, Rehab Notes, and more
Full slate Tuesdays provide a bevy of high-leverage moments, along with some trends in usage patterns. Although workload management remains a priority for teams, two teams went for wins, deploying their closers regardless of recent outings. Kevin Cash remained coy about who may replace Pete Fairbanks atop the Rays’ bullpen hierarchy, but as planned, the…
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Monkey Bytes, April 23: It’s Miller time (again), Bednar secures his third, Kimbrel hangs on for his sixth, Game Recaps, and more
Although Monday only provided 11 contests on the slate, it yielded seven saves and a win for high-leverage relievers. These will be covered in today’s post, in order of occurrence. However, the biggest news of the day happened when Tampa Bay placed Pete Fairbanks on the 15-day injured list with a “nerve issue“. With no…
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Monkey Bytes, April 21: Alzolay’s fourth blown save, Fairbanks MIA, Edwin Díaz pitches in the eighth inning, Historic Saves, Game Recaps, and more
Noting Friday’s slate only yielded four saves, Saturday not only provided a multitude of high-leverage events, it was pure chaos. It started with the Rays not using Pete Fairbanks against the Yankees during a save situation, followed by a blown save in Game 1 by Adbert Alzolay, two saves by relievers moving up the all-time…
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Monkey Bytes, April 19: Clase closed (save number five), Poche records his second, Quick Hits, and W2W4 this weekend
Thursday’s limited slate became smaller when the Cubs game was postponed. It will be made up as a doubleheader on Saturday. But, all three early games provided a save. These, and other tidbits of information ahead of the weekend covered in today’s Monkey Bytes. Cleveland Guardians – Nailing down his fifth save, Emmanuel Clase fired…