Tag: Reed Garrett
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Monkey Bytes, April 29: Kimbrel suffers a second straight blown save, Plus two career-first saves, Game Recaps, and more
Sunday slates provide ancillary saves courtesy of workload management programs for relievers, along with the usual chaos that accompanies the ever-volatile saves category. Before delving into the game recaps, the CliffsNotes version of the high-leverage events of interest from yesterday’s action. Closer CliffsNotes American League (RP | BAL): Suffering his third blown save, and first…
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Streaming for Holds or SOLDS; Week 6
Given the volatility of high-leverage roles and performances, many prefer streaming relievers in leagues with separate categories for holds or those that combine saves plus holds (SOLDS). With this in mind, a snapshot, by league with their leverage trends in chart form. American League Leverage Trends Link: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/3U0Dm/4/ AL Teams with 7 games scheduled in…
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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…