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I didn't SAY they "always" were. But they are most of the time.

I just looked a Kimbrel's game logs for 2018 as an example. He's had 15 appearances. Of those:

11 were 1-run games. Over 2/3.
2 were 2-run games.
1 was a 3-run game.
Only 1 was lopsided.

So...

If you think closers don't have the highest-pressure job in baseball, who does?

"Any non-rotten pitcher should be able to finish that game..."

And yet the number of pitchers who have been able to hold down closer jobs for 5 straight years (while pitching with dominance) is very small. I guess it's not quite that easy after all.