538 Article: A new stat for closers, the Goose Egg
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:54 pm
538 has invented a new stat to better measure the contribution of your best short-term relievers. The argument is that the one-inning save concept - keeping your best short reliever to handle ninth-inning situations that often generate more saves rather than wins is a bad idea and the save stat can be misleading and causes managers to mis-use their best short-term arms (Buck Showalter, I'm thinking of you). Better to use your best short term reliever in the seventh or eighth inning if the game is on the line, rather than hold him out for the ninth when he might have a two run or three run lead to protect.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/goose-egg-new-save-stat-relief-pitchers/
Osuna looks rather good under this system, too.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/goose-egg-new-save-stat-relief-pitchers/
Osuna looks rather good under this system, too.