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If their goal is to drive the run in and they accomplish that how is that not clutch? A walk off sac fly accomplishes the same thing as a walk off homer. The hit does not matter.
Financials certainly play a role. Betances is the perfect example for why arbitration exists. You are not elite if your manager doesn't trust you to pitch in the playoffs so you shouldn't get paid like you are elite. Get a big enough sample size to show you deserve the money.
There is a big trend over the last couple years of non-closers getting paid 5+ million a year for multi year deals. Unheard of a decade ago. As the role and importance of the reliever is better understood and adopted they will get paid accordingly. It is just going to take a little more time for more of these archaic stats to stop driving the machine.
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