Lane1974 wrote:Tim_Hardawayy wrote:I forget where I read it, but there was a great article detailing how the save is one of the most overrated stats in baseball. All its really good for is getting undeserving relief pitchers huge paychecks. Now if I could just find a link to that article...
that's the Marlins and Oakland theory and usually true
no point in overpaying for relievers to close, I firmly believe that
Found it. Its a good read if you're into that kinda heavy analysis.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ple/080805