Is This a Legitimate Save?

Gorinski · 05-27-2018, 07:10 PM

This is so bizarre I have to ask.

Bottom of the 9th and I'm leading 4-3. I bring in my closer and he walks the lead off hitter. Then the game is called because of rain and he's credited with a save. Legit save?

Big T · 05-27-2018, 07:27 PM

From my limited understanding of the rules, the game is considered complete as of the last completed inning.... in this case the bottom of the 8th. My answer is that it is not a save.

Qeltar · 05-27-2018, 08:04 PM

Pretty sure you can't get a save without recording an out.

kjb023 · 05-27-2018, 08:13 PM

I have nothing to add, just that that's a fascinating little statistical question that I think you only get in baseball.

Hasta la vista pelota · 05-27-2018, 09:46 PM

Not a save. Pitcher must record at least one-third of an inning pitched, per Rule 9.19 (c).

Gorinski · 05-27-2018, 10:11 PM

Thanks for the feedback.

It looks like it shouldn't have been a save but it's such a rare occurrence I don't think it's worth the trouble of fixing.

Also, if this happened in real life, you can be sure there is no way the game would've been called (unless, of course, the Yankees benefited from it since I seem to remember the Twins getting hosed many years ago in a rainout vs the Yanks).

Bunktown Ballers · 05-28-2018, 09:51 AM

There was a rare save in MLB yesterday. In a 9 inning game a reliever got the save by pitching the last 5 innings.....

Lol. I've seen it before, but it is a rare feat

Matt Arnold · 05-28-2018, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bunktown Ballers

There was a rare save in MLB yesterday. In a 9 inning game a reliever got the save by pitching the last 5 innings.....

Lol. I've seen it before, but it is a rare feat

Yeah, that only happens because the "starter" didn't last 5 innings, so it's up to the official scorer to give someone else the win. Since the next guy pitched 3 decent enough innings, they gave him credit, which let Pruitt go almost 6 innings for a "save". Thanks TB for making fantasy leagues go crazy...

tejdog1 · 05-28-2018, 03:28 PM

Boy Tampa's going to cause so many issues. You could conceivably get someone with 80 "GS" this year.

05-27-2018, 07:10 PM	#1
Gorinski Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 78	Is This a Legitimate Save? This is so bizarre I have to ask. Bottom of the 9th and I'm leading 4-3. I bring in my closer and he walks the lead off hitter. Then the game is called because of rain and he's credited with a save. Legit save?

05-28-2018, 09:51 AM	#7
Bunktown Ballers All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,371 Infractions: 0/1 (2)	Saves!! There was a rare save in MLB yesterday. In a 9 inning game a reliever got the save by pitching the last 5 innings..... Lol. I've seen it before, but it is a rare feat

05-28-2018, 03:28 PM	#9
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,618	Boy Tampa's going to cause so many issues. You could conceivably get someone with 80 "GS" this year. __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

05-27-2018, 07:27 PM	#2
Big T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,878	From my limited understanding of the rules, the game is considered complete as of the last completed inning.... in this case the bottom of the 8th. My answer is that it is not a save.

05-27-2018, 08:04 PM	#3
Qeltar Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 382	Pretty sure you can't get a save without recording an out.

05-27-2018, 08:13 PM	#4
kjb023 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 389	I have nothing to add, just that that's a fascinating little statistical question that I think you only get in baseball.

05-27-2018, 09:46 PM	#5
Hasta la vista pelota Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 137	Not a save. Pitcher must record at least one-third of an inning pitched, per Rule 9.19 (c).

05-27-2018, 10:11 PM	#6
Gorinski Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 78	Thanks for the feedback. It looks like it shouldn't have been a save but it's such a rare occurrence I don't think it's worth the trouble of fixing. Also, if this happened in real life, you can be sure there is no way the game would've been called (unless, of course, the Yankees benefited from it since I seem to remember the Twins getting hosed many years ago in a rainout vs the Yanks).