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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date

#88849	07/25/2022 11:58:21 pm	Jan 13th, 2056
JJNZ Joined: 12/09/2014 Posts: 1580 Yakima Monster III.3	I will add that Boulder has skewed your stats slightly sorry - we only threw Valle in the closer role to see how he'd go to finish last season - we haven't run a genuine closer to ages. But to make it not a complete inaccuracy, the job is his for now until he fails.....

#88851	07/26/2022 5:26:16 am	Jan 13th, 2056
PrivateSnowflake Joined: 01/06/2015 Posts: 1167 Bloomington Thunder Legends	I'm one that doesn't use a closer. Probably an outdated way of thinking with RD settings now, but just give me 2 SET that throw slop and we'll figure out how to get the last few outs if we get there. Just something I'm comfortable with.

#88857	07/26/2022 5:00:15 pm	Jan 20th, 2056
Frankebasta Joined: 09/15/2013 Posts: 884 Kodiak Mules III.3	when a team did not have a closer they usually had a strong LHS, RHS and a 2 setup pitchers. Essentially having those 4 act as one closer that's exactly what the Mules do, and it works to keep salary down as well by spreading Saves among 4 or 5 players. Last time I used a Closer, we lost him by lack of funds

#88867	07/26/2022 9:15:06 pm	Jan 22nd, 2056
Jerbeetwo Joined: 06/30/2019 Posts: 327 Tyler Goldendoodles IV.3	The Goldendoodles haven’t named a closer yet. Need to see what waivers brings first. We really need a couple of starters with stamina then hopefully one of last years low stamina starters moves into the long term closer role.

#88871	07/27/2022 7:27:32 am	Jan 25th, 2056
Longviewess Joined: 09/23/2018 Posts: 111 Frederick Keys III.3	I've used exactly two closers over the past 15 seasons. One lasted 10.5 seasons and is in my HOF, http://brokenbat.org/player/171437. The other is my current closer, http://brokenbat.org/player/261610, who's been in that role for the last 4.5 seasons and will likely retain that role for another 6-7 seasons. The one thing both of them have in common is that they completely failed as starters who performed much better in a single inning situation. Very similar to real MLB situations in fact. In fact, I've had a lot of success transforming failed starters into successful MR/SU/Closers. In fact, my primary MR last season had more IP than all but one starter and got 7 Cy Young votes.

#93204	11/22/2023 8:29:53 am	Apr 25th, 2062
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 626 Denver Broncos IV.4	https://brokenbat.org/player/249244 Check out this guy's 2052 season.

#93205	11/22/2023 11:08:21 am	Apr 25th, 2062
Rock777 Joined: 09/21/2014 Posts: 9600 Haverhill Halflings III.1	Wow...! If he could do that every season, I'd have a 20M contract waiting for him, LOL. Not too surprising 2053 was his highest contract year. Updated Wednesday, November 22 2023 @ 11:09:16 am PST

#93206	11/22/2023 1:52:49 pm	Apr 25th, 2062
Ken_Kennilworth Joined: 11/26/2019 Posts: 400 Charleston Hawks II.1	interesting stats...got me wondering, what percent of times should a typical closer preserve a win if he enters the game with a 1 run lead in the top of the ninth inning. the goal is to evaluate closer's performance. this was a job for super search engine!!! here's what i found: below is a path to a win expectancy calculator, which projects about 70% of the time no runs will score...and 7 out of 8 times (86%) the home team will win (i e, home teams comes to bat after losing the lead and rescues the win about 15% of the instances). from this figures it seems one can expect 2 saves for every 1 blown save when leading by 1 run with 1 inning left (the classic closer situation) https://gregstoll.com/~gregstoll/baseball/stats.html#V.1.9.0.1.0.0 Updated Wednesday, November 22 2023 @ 1:55:44 pm PST

#93207	11/22/2023 3:38:59 pm	Apr 26th, 2062
Ced Joined: 11/07/2014 Posts: 626 Denver Broncos IV.4	Wow...! If he could do that every season, I'd have a 20M contract waiting for him, LOL. And how's he not in top 5 of Cy Young votes and no All-Star and no All-League that season, he might be affordable.

#93226	11/30/2023 11:36:58 am	May 25th, 2062
Brewnoe Joined: 03/25/2014 Posts: 818 Fall River Naughty Dawgs IV.5	Wow...! If he could do that every season, I'd have a 20M contract waiting for him, LOL. Crazy ERA that year, but for even 6M, I'd want at least c. 2052-2057 "Saint" Diego Nava In those years, he got - 2 Cup rings - 2 all-league spots - 2 all star nods Actually, for a closer, make that 54/55. 0.146 BAA in Legends over 2 years