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Quintong: Understanding closers' numbers

By James Quintong
ESPN.com

Monday, August 4, 2008

It's very simple what we want from closers: saves. Strikeouts are nice, and if you can keep the ERA and WHIP to manageable levels, all the better (besides, that's how you'll stay in the job). However, unless you're Francisco Rodriguez, a closer won't be in a save situation every time he takes the mound. Sometimes he's called into a tie game late (where there's the potential for a win, which is good) or maybe a blowout game to "get some work in" (not always a good thing since there are no saves o ...

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