Pick the best reliever:
| IP | K | BB | H | ERA | WHIP | WPA | |
| Player A | 65.1 | 74 | 34 | 53 | 2.34 | 1.33 | 3.24 |
| Player B | 66 | 73 | 7 | 54 | 2.05 | 0.92 | 1.75 |
| Player C | 63.1 | 70 | 17 | 42 | 1.42 | 0.93 | 3.26 |
| Player D | 68.1 | 74 | 6 | 41 | 1.45 | 0.69 | 4.36 |
Just a thought before jumping on the MVP bandwagon.
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Gee, what happened to D?
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=844&position=P
Fair enough. I’ll add him momentarily.
Think of it this way: K-Rod could have blown an additional 15 saves and the Angels might still have won the division handily. The value of a good closer during the regular season is momentarily very high, and only in that moment highly dependent upon the performances of everyone else on the team. I see no reason why K-Rod (or Paps, or any other closer) should be within 500 miles of sniffing an MVP trophy.
i find certain statistics to be worthless when they don’t support the argument for my player… ;)
Odd comment, given the lists clearly portray a Yankee as the top reliever, followed by a Twin.
you missed the smiley…
truthfully, i didn’t even look at the comparison, i just wanted to insert my joke, which really pokes fun at me…is the yankee mo or veras? [another smiley]