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Originally Posted by fredbeene
Still no doc on closer vs stopper.....waste to much time simming different scenarios to understand differences in settings.
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Not sure about your other complaints, but this one is simple.
Closer comes in to work the end of the game...guy that tries to get saves. Nail it down in the 9th (or sometimes the 8th if he has solid stamina).
Stopper comes in whenever there is a late inning high-pressure situation that could determine the outcome of the game. Sometimes the 9th, but could also be the 7th. Depends on the game.
Some people prefer closer because they always want their best reliever rested for the 9th or extras.
Some people prefer stoppers since it's a more difficult situation to get out of bases loaded 1 out in the 7th than it is to just come in at the start of the 9th inning with no one on base and your team is up by 3.
It's all personal preference.