RESEARCH: What is a save worth?
Apr 5 2015
Joe Nathan (RHP, DET) recorded 35 saves in 2014, but that came with a 4.81 ERA and a 1.53 WHIP—numbers that would likely be category killers on their own. But context is everything, and saves are very valuable commodity, right? But just how valuable are they? What would you be willing to sacrifice for some saves. How much ERA and WHIP does a player need before his saves just aren't worth it any more?
This column will be a bit of a departure from our typical research format. While our research columns typically involve crunching vast reams of data to discover, evaluate, or confirm some sort of relationship, this column will be more along the lines of a thought exercise—we will attempt here to give you some tools to approach your player...
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