Sunday, December 09, 2018

The importance of closers.

Heard one of my favorite theories the other day on WFAN. 

Guy calls up WFAN and points out that the Mets blew 15 saves last season. They plugged that gap by signing a supposedly great closer. The Mets also lost the division by approximately 15 games (13, actually).

Add it up, and one player will give the Mets the NL East title.

This illustrates a surprisingly common misunderstanding of what saves are, what blown saves are, and how things work in the real world.


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