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ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Ranking the closers
I won't take ESPN to much to task here as I don't think they mean this to be "in-depth, accurate" analysis. At least I hope no one takes it that way. I like Esteban Yan's inclusion on the list. He had a 6.21 ERA last year, and blew both of his save opportunities. I'll be more than a bit surprised if he closes games for the D'Rays this year. An interesting list would be Runs better than replacement and might actually tell us who was more valuable.
I won't take ESPN to much to task here as I don't think they mean this to be "in-depth, accurate" analysis. At least I hope no one takes it that way. I like Esteban Yan's inclusion on the list. He had a 6.21 ERA last year, and blew both of his save opportunities. I'll be more than a bit surprised if he closes games for the D'Rays this year. An interesting list would be Runs better than replacement and might actually tell us who was more valuable.
posted by Sean Foran # 4:54 PM 
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