RELIEVERS: The future of pen usage and its effect on saves

By Doug Dennis

@DougDennis41 September 12th, 2021 1:03am

Tampa Bay is going to be copied. You know it, and I know it. Saves will become more diffuse across relievers who are not rostered, while your money spent on relievers will buy fewer saves. Let's take a look at some Rays usage to see what they did.

First, here are the Rays saves through August:

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