This made the rounds yesterday, but I like it a lot. For all these newfangled stats you millennials like (comparing players to people that don’t exist) and don’t like (the Win rules), here’s one we can agree on – the save sucks. Read the link for a good solution which involves keeping track of high-leverage scoreless innings.
Source: (Saving…) The Save Ruined Relief Pitching. The Goose Egg Can Fix It. | FiveThirtyEight
I also miss the old days where a guy like Gossage would come in during the 7th and finish the game. Aside from being more manly than today’s saves, today’s bullpen use is killing the TV product as pitching changes are snoozefests.
