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#72957	04/18/2020 8:28:42 pm	Apr 14th, 2045
timothy Joined: 03/18/2020 Posts: 202 West Fargo Turtles II.1	I'm specifically wondering if players need experience in more pressured situations. I have a relief pitcher, age 25, had a reasonably good year out of the bullpen last year, wanted to try him as my closer. Had a brilliant spring and then...yikes. Three blown saves already. http://brokenbat.org/player/198403

#72961	04/19/2020 6:59:48 am	Apr 14th, 2045
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9599 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Possibly. No one knows for sure. But I wouldn't be too concerned about numbers at this point in the season. It is still too early to be reading into the small number of stats gained.

#72965	04/19/2020 11:14:06 am	Apr 14th, 2045
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	The opposition in spring training is so mixed, it's hard to get a good estimation on player. Steve

#72973	04/19/2020 5:37:04 pm	Apr 16th, 2045
hurstdm Joined: 01/18/2017 Posts: 576 Murfreesboro Moo Cows VI.5	Maybe so, but is clutch performance a thing?

#72974	04/19/2020 6:55:05 pm	Apr 17th, 2045
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9599 Haverhill Halflings III.1	That's for us to decide. Steve gives us the tools, but we have to solve the puzzle ourselves. Look at things like RISP and try to find a pattern. Updated Sunday, April 19 2020 @ 6:55:26 pm PDT

#72979	04/20/2020 4:36:01 am	Apr 18th, 2045
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	I have a spreadsheet somewhere which spits out strand rate for pitchers when I paste in the stat page.

#72995	04/20/2020 10:26:08 pm	Apr 21st, 2045
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 626 Denver Broncos IV.4	"Do players need experience?" It'd be a lot cooler if they did. (Dazed and Confused inspired quote) I think clutch is a thing. Just move players around a lineup for major league 500 ABs and you'll see clear performance dodges, dips, ducks, dives and dodges. We've had players who were certain for the clean up spot, but their LOB numbers were disappointing.