relievers

Bulk Relievers in 2022

February 6, 2022 by Ray Flowers

Baseball is changing, and nowhere is that change more profound than how teams are using their pitching staffs. A role that used to go to the worst pitcher on your staff for about 140 years, is now something teams plan for. The guy who used to come in to soak up innings after a crappy

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2021 Solds Rankings – June Update

June 2, 2021 by Ray Flowers

I’m all about making changes if they move the fantasy game forward. I think an easy way to do that is with reworking how we evaluate relievers. A couple of months back, I wrote, Saves – Can We Do Better? I detailed the wonky history of closers, the massive levels of turnover at the position,

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xwOBA: Relief Pitchers

January 27, 2020 by Ray Flowers

I often hear folks using wOBA (weighted on base average), and that’s a good thing. However, I nearly always, like 95 percent of the time, see folks use wOBA in relation to offensive performers. We can use it for the other side of the game as well, and that’s what we are going to be

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Saves: Let’s Move On

January 22, 2020 by Ray Flowers

The Braves gave Will Smith a 3-year, $39 million contract that includes a $1 million buy out or a fourth year at $13 million. So, they invested at least $40 million, if not $52, in Smith. They also had to forfeit a draft pick to the Giants since they had extended a qualifying offer to

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