I wonder if a concrete number has ever been established for the minimum acceptable rate of converting Save Opportunities for closers.
I'm guessing about 85%. That's 34 Saves in 40 opportunities, with 6 Blown Saves. Am I close in this "Guesstimate" or is the cutoff point higher or lower?
To put it another way at what point is a closer likely to be replaced, traded or downgraded to a Set-Up Man? A 95 % rate would be very good, and probably put a player on an all-star team, but what rate is merely acceptable and at what point does a closer's Save Conversion rate become unacceptable?
Your opinions please. If anyone has actually done statistical research on this topic please share some of your results.
I'm guessing about 85%. That's 34 Saves in 40 opportunities, with 6 Blown Saves. Am I close in this "Guesstimate" or is the cutoff point higher or lower?
To put it another way at what point is a closer likely to be replaced, traded or downgraded to a Set-Up Man? A 95 % rate would be very good, and probably put a player on an all-star team, but what rate is merely acceptable and at what point does a closer's Save Conversion rate become unacceptable?
Your opinions please. If anyone has actually done statistical research on this topic please share some of your results.
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