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Originally Posted by Spartan Punk
Not sure why you have such a hard time accepting that Jones is a better than average closer. He is usually right around the average for mid level closers in save percentage, which is the most important stat for closers. No one's claiming he is one of the best out there, but to say he is medicore is wrong. And your ERA is wrong for Jones, which doesn't surprise me.
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I'd strongly disagree that save percentage offers the most important insight into the effectiveness of a closer. Again, it's completely situation and only indicates whether a closer hasn't screwed up. Not blowing a save isn't the same thing as being an effective pitcher.
Pitching well isn't measure by that at all, and those other metrics show how truly mediorce Jones is.......
P.S. Sorry about the ERA mistake. My apologies. It's actually worse than what I posted....
