{"id":658,"date":"2024-10-15T22:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/?p=658"},"modified":"2024-10-17T18:51:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:51:37","slug":"analyst-names-the-best-reliever-in-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/15\/analyst-names-the-best-reliever-in-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst Names The Best Reliever In Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8616\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8616 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"A general view of the MLB logo atop the Philadelphia Phillies dugout during the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays on September 20, 2020 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-src=\"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mlblogo.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians by a score of 5-2 in game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>After taking an early lead, the Yankees appeared to be in full control for the entirety of game 1.<\/p>\n<p>Yankees pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts in the game, and they used 4 different pitchers to complete the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Major League Baseball analyst Dan Plesac had a complementary statement about the new closer for the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuke Weaver is the best reliever in the game of baseball right now,\u201d Plesac said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Luke Weaver is the best reliever in the game of baseball right now.&#8221; \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plesac19?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Plesac19<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLBTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MLBTonight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvATbbkjf3\">https:\/\/t.co\/LvATbbkjf3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KJIcsxICp5\">pic.twitter.com\/KJIcsxICp5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/1846021960452509942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Weaver came into the game in the 8th inning with 1 out and a high-leverage situation for the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Weaver get out of the 8th inning jam and complete the 5-out save, but he struck out 4 of the 5 batters that he faced.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver became the first pitcher since Kenley Jansen in 2017 to record 3 saves that required more than just 1 inning pitched.<\/p>\n<p>In his first-ever postseason, Weaver has appeared in 5 games and has a 0.00 earned run average with 9 strikeouts in 6.0 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Clay Holmes began the season as the Yankees closer, but Weaver took over after Holmes began to struggle later on in the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees will look to take a commanding 2-0 series lead as game 2 will take place on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>After game 2 concludes, the series will move to Cleveland for game 3 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are seeking their first World Series appearance since 2009 when they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 6 games.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/analyst-names-the-best-reliever-in-baseball\/\">Analyst Names The Best Reliever In Baseball<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Rich Graessle\/Icon Sportswire) \u00a0 The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians by a score of 5-2 in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gospelmusiconline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}