Tag: Ryan Pressly

  • Monkey Bytes | June 13

    Monkey Bytes | June 13

    Even though there were only eight games on Thursday, relievers recorded six saves and two wins against three losses. There was a three-inning save (Aaron Ashby) and new usage patterns by the Cubs, but here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Josh Hader 18 18 77.8 16.7 2:0…

  • Monkey Bytes | May 17

    Monkey Bytes | May 17

    Relievers recorded two wins and seven saves while suffering three losses during Friday’s full slate. Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB José Alvarado 7 6 83.3 33.3 1:0 Beau Brieske 1 18 72.2 11.1 0:0 Kyle Finnegan 14 15 60 0 1:0 Raisel Iglesias 8 15 73.3 6.7 1:0 Emilio Pagán 10 16 62.5…

  • Monkey Bytes | May 10

    Monkey Bytes | May 10

    There was some Friday night chaos across a bevy of high-leverage events, in particular, a wild contest in Arizona with multiple lead changes preceding a ninth-inning meltdown by Diamondback relievers: Relievers recorded four wins and secured nine saves while suffering three losses last night. Our takeaways feature a Cubs reliever “getting in work,” Bednar used…

  • Monkey Bytes | May 7

    Monkey Bytes | May 7

    Tuesday was a slippery slate, especially for those with Ryan Pressly on their roster. Relievers recorded eighth wins, though blown saves accompanied two, and only converted four saves while suffering eight losses. Today’s takeaways feature the Cubs’ closer’s declining whiff rates, the Giants closer getting tagged with a blown save, and Milwaukee’s adjusted hierarchy. Three…

  • Monkey Bytes | April 28

    Monkey Bytes | April 28

    Sunday began with limited-leverage events of interest and finished with a flurry during the late afternoon contests. Relievers recorded six wins and five saves while suffering four losses with zero blown saves. Arizona used Justin Martinez on consecutive days, Seattle’s closer moved into a tie for the major league lead in saves, and the Yankees…