Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Kevin Gregg

Kevin Gregg leads the NL in blown saves. The Marlins are 6 games out, and he has 8 blown saves. 

Here's an example of what I think is the limited usefulness of relief pitcher's stats. These are Gregg's stats for the last two years:

2007: ERA, 3.54, saves 32 out of 36 opportunities (meaning 4 blown saves)
2008: ERA, 3.26; saves 29 of 37 (8 blown saves). 


He probably won't be back next year. It'll be interesting to see how they handle his replacement. You'd think Lindstrom's fastball would make him the heir apparent. . .

1 comment:

John Dorschner said...

gregg has lost more games than some of our starters ... he's toast, marlins are toast. this year, they're heartbreakers, not the glum bottom-dwellers of other years. ...