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Originally Posted by Palaaemon
You know now that we have gone through these 11 complete years and awards and no closers/relievers won (although perhaps McNeil was the closest to winning it) I truly wonder if perhaps that they have weighted saves so heavily as to possibly bias the modern closer against the older stopper/reliever for a chance at the Cy Young award (or what ever name may be substituted). I have seen modern closers win the award before. Maybe the sample size is too small but surely with an outlier like McNeil (he is about as perfect as you can get as a closer/reliever for this era) and his results, we have enough to be fairly certain. What do you think?
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Palaaemon
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Right, I think that is a great point.
McNeil, in particular, really is more prone to putting up great win totals and not spectacular saves totals (by more recent standards), with his multi-inning stamina and more stopper than closer usage.
And certainly at this point in WPK history the saves leader each season is usually finishing with totals in the 20's, not the 40's.