RELIEVERS: It's not all saves
Jul 7 2015
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We in the fantasy baseball community spend a lot of time thinking about, talking about, and analyzing saves. Who's getting saves? Whose saves are at risk? Who's in line for saves? Which managers like saves? One nationally known sports network (da-da-da da-da-da) has a closer depth chart that lists as many as five current or potential closers. No other category sees this much energy expended in the course of a season.
This is certainly an argument for using some other measure of reliever contribution, but that's a different...
Almost!
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