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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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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 16: Hader struggles in a non-save outing, Yates shuts the door on his first save, Game Recaps, and more
Preseason plans often go awry in the world of high leverage, but the recent reversal of fortunes for teams in Texas remains a surprise. Houston has only won six of its first 18 games and yielded one save in them. However, the usage patterns by the team’s new manager proves more confounding for those rostering…