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FLB: Closer Report

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN Fantasy Games

Thursday, March 2, 2006

Spring training statistics can be rather misleading, and saves are a perfect example of that. Look back at the 2005 exhibition season saves leaderboard, and six of the 11 pitchers to register three or more never spent a day as a closer once Opening Day passed. In fact, the only pitcher to save four spring games was Aquilino Lopez, who saved 14 games for the 2003 Blue Jays but hasn't notched a regular-season save since. Why are the preseason numbers so unreliable? In early exhibition contests, t ...

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