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Originally Posted by flames_1987
There are a lot of statistical dickheads out there, I do not want to become one of them. This is a Calgary Flames message board, clearly with a lot of people who have interest in the BlueJays whether it be very strong or casual fans. I'm not going to try and pounce on everything and anything, and try to give off that elitist vibe.
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Then you're not off to a great start to the season.
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Originally Posted by flames_1987
The Red Sox tie the game up off a double, JP unable to block a ball in the dirt and then a Sac Fly. The "Santos blew it" post was made.
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Santos did blow it - he was wild. I'm unsure if the Pedroia hit was a miss, but most of the remaining pitches in the inning were wild - in the zone or otherwise. The passed ball wasn't "in the dirt" that JP "failed to block" - it was a 97mph fastball that wasn't within reach. That's a wild pitch (regardless of the official scorer's decision - which from what I can tell - is based only on bounce/no bounce). Santos had a couple good sliders (for balls), everything else was wild.
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Originally Posted by flames_1987
The save stat and blown saves stat are useless for so many reasons. The fact that blowing a 1 run lead or a 3 run lead are not the same thing, much like blowing a 1 run lead is not the same. The stat is in my mind, the dumbest in baseball for even more reasons.
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The save stat has limited usefulness, not none.
If you want to reference a "modern" stat then let us know what Santos' WPA was in comparison.