Originally posted by Just Lou: I'll throw out some examples, and let you figure it out. Take 2 different RP. Take a mediocre/average closer and an average set-up/middle reliever, and see what the numbers come out to in this league. A good example would be Braden Looper vs Dan Wheeler.
Here's the flaw in your argument:
Looper was anything but an "average/mediocre" closer.
In fact, he was just about the worst in baseball.
He ranked 29th in points last year among all closers, and the save percentage of the 28 guys ranked ahead of him was 86.2%, while Looper's was 77.8%, which was better than that of only three guys ahead of him on the list of 28.
As far as set-up men vs. closers go, the top 6 RPs in points, and 11 of the top 14 in points were closers, so I don’t see any problem there
In fact, I think it works out about right.
The top closers get more points than the top set-up men, the top set-up men get more points than the mediocre closers, the mediocre closers get more points than the mediocre set-up men, and the mediocre set-up men get more points than the worst closers.
Also, what makes you say that a closer enters the game in a -6 hole?
