Tag: Victor Vodnik
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Monkey Bytes | March 29
Friday provided a nine-game slate, but the leverage impact was not minimized. Relievers recorded three wins, four saves, three losses, and two blown saves. Detroit and Los Angeles went into extra innings, and the Rays won on a walk-off home run. These will be covered after our takeaways from last night’s action. Three Takeaways (1)…
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Monkey Bytes | March 26
Put your pencils down; the regular season is almost upon us. Tuesday’s slate was limited, but content was still provided, which will be presented differently today. Beginning with Carlos Estévez and this note from Anne Rogers of MLB.com: In his final tuneup, Estévez allowed a hit and recorded a strikeout while facing minor-league hitters. He…
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Monkey Bytes | March 21
Perhaps foreshadowing his decision, Bud Black summoned Victor Vodnik at the bottom of the ninth against Texas with a three-run lead. Vodnik retired the side and recorded one strikeout, throwing 14 pitches (12 strikes – 85.7 Strike%) with three whiffs (21.4 SwStr%). He has a 1.14 WHIP with eight strikeouts versus one walk (24.2 K-BB%)…
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Monkey Bytes | March 15
Logging his fourth spring outing, Félix Bautista fired a clean fifth while recording two strikeouts. Per Roch Kubatko on “X.” Bautista reached 98 miles per hour and induced one groundout in this outing. He has a 1.50 WHIP with seven strikeouts against one walk (33.3 K-BB%), and a 14.1 swinging strike percentage. As his command…
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Monkey Bytes | March 12
Colorado’s closer competition has been centered around Seth Halvorsen versus Victor Vodnik in columns by MLB.com and the Denver Post. However, this ignores the team’s saves leader from last year, Tyler Kinley. Spring outings may not be the deciding factor, but all three appeared in Tuesday’s contest versus Cincinnati. With just over two weeks until…