Tag: Texas Rangers

  • Monkey Bytes | June 20

    Monkey Bytes | June 20

    Thursday’s expanded 16-game slate proved volatile, though it featured two career first saves. Relievers recorded six wins and seven saves while getting tagged with seven losses. Closer Monkey congratulates Yuki Matsui on his first career save and Andre Granillo, who not only secured his first save but also his first win during a doubleheader in…

  • Monkey Bytes | June 16

    Monkey Bytes | June 16

    Sunday continued a weekend trend of surprising saves, including a career-first by a Miami reliever, promoted before the game. Relievers finished with seven wins, though one was accompanied by a blown save, and converted six saves while suffering five losses. Here are the saves in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB BF…

  • Monkey Bytes | June 15

    Monkey Bytes | June 15

    First and foremost, Happy Father’s Day to our readers. Enjoy the time with your families. Saturday did not go according to plan for fantasy managers. Relievers recorded eight wins and five saves while suffering six losses. However, a day off for Aroldis Chapman resulted in an ancillary save by his teammate, and the Phillies opted…

  • Monkey Bytes | June 14

    Monkey Bytes | June 14

    Friday’s full slate resulted in eight wins by relievers, though one was accompanied by a blown save (Dennis Santana) versus five losses. There were six saves, covered in condensed form, though a chart cannot tell the whole story: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Trevor Megill 14 21 66.7 19 2:0 Félix Bautista 13…

  • Monkey Bytes | June 9

    Monkey Bytes | June 9

    Sunday’s slate provided seven wins by relievers and ten saves while getting tagged with four losses. There was a career-first save, covered in condensed form: Reliever Save # Pitches Strike% SwStr% K:BB Robert Suarez 21 17 70.6 5.9 1:0 Carlos Estévez 19 18 66.7 11.1 1:1 Andrés Muñoz 18 18 55.6 22.2 2:1 Emmanuel Clase…