Thursday, September 06, 2007

Time to get rid of the Save

Jayson Stark over at ESPN.com has a good idea about making the save a more valuable statistic. One that does not drive the games strategy. Although if anyone can tell me how this proposed stop is different from the hold, I would appreciate it.

Is there anyone out there, other than your average $7 million-a-year closer, who thinks this stat still accurately reflects which relief pitchers are (1) pitching the best, (2) pitching in the most critical stage of a game, or (3) even, in many cases, making the most important contribution to winning in their own bullpen, let alone the whole port?

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