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  1. iortiz
    Out there are fairly only a few number of closers who have been closing consistently this year (and years), and will likely keep their role. Only a few. No, not all good RPs have the profile to close well and consistently in a year/years. Why? some just can't handle the pressure in the ninth. It's as simple as that.
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    SV% is actually the stat you have to look at when you rate a closer. Some closers close games cleanly, some not that much but if both have a 90 SV% or something close I don't care how they close. How many blown saves does he have in July and August vs April, May and June? Also ERA is a terrible stat for relievers and specially in short samples but still his ERA went form 11(June) to 4 (July and August). You are cherry picking. Said that ERA is a solid stat in career samples but not my fav lol. I don't have a fav actually, it depends on the case.
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    Can any good RP close games consistently in large period of times?
  4. iortiz
    It's a skill. His skill (handling pressure) these days is not good. It happens with any kind of skill. He needs to rest and clear his head. As ill said this is related with his mind. I agree.
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    While the BP has been horrible all-in-all lately, Barnes needs a rest to clear his head. It worked for Chapman. Right now he is the worst piece of the pen for high leverage situations. I think Whitlock could be a good option.
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    People will tell you that handle pressure is not a skill lol
  7. iortiz
    Whata disaster.
  8. iortiz
    Geez we are about to give up this game again lol
  9. iortiz
    Should have been an easy game and Perez and D s*** the bed. Time to tax the pen again.
  10. iortiz
    And just like that It’s a 3-run game.
  11. iortiz
    Another error to the books folks. Are we the worst D in majors? If not, I guess we are close.
  12. iortiz
    Renfroe smoked that one.
  13. iortiz
    I f***ing hate all these interviews. Game is unwatchable.
  14. iortiz
    Gone!
  15. iortiz
    JDM is not a top of the order material in this Lup. It’s a shame.
  16. iortiz
    I want to see playing in a regular basis these players regardless the position and lineup. Devers Xander Arroyo Shwarber JD Verdugo Renfroe Kevin Kike
  17. iortiz
    Again in Kershaw's case the sample is fair and all-in-all he's been mediocre in POs. He's been in a lot of PO games. To me pressure is the main factor, yes. My common sense says he just blocks in those environments.
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    Thing is, as I said, POs are the only instances where pressure is at its highest while facing the cream of the cream. If the sample is fair like Kershaw’s there’s no other reason.
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    Yup.
  20. iortiz
    It’s common sense moon. Pressure is the reason. No rocket science. Pressure is a mental thing. It is an intangible which tax you in key moments if you can’t handle it. Keshaw simply can’t handle the pressure irradiated in POs, he just can’t. His mind blocks hence his performance is mediocre— call it “plain old reason” answer if you want lol
  21. iortiz
    Yeah. Remember 2018 against us? If he had been something close to what he was in regular season, we wouldn’t have won that WS. PO is a different season or instance. The situation is another animal. You face the cream of the cream and with a lot of pressure. Only a few prevail regardless how great you are. Kershaw certainly is not that group.
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    Assuming numbers keep kind of the same, I think Kershaw will pass to the history of the game as one of the greatest who simply couldn’t handle pressure when it mattered the most —in POs.
  23. iortiz
    Yup. This random thing does not make sense to me either. His numbers in POs are mediocre. It’s a fact and the sample is pretty fair to me. I would bet that he is one of the pitchers with more IPs in POs in the game. So if his sample is not fair, no one’s is, and POs numbers are meaningless by definition —which they are not. OTOH He is one of the best in the game in regular season, no doubt. Geez if Kershaw had been something close to the pitcher he was in regular season, Los Dodgers would have had at very least another ring.
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    I just showed you, he is a different pitcher in POs. The sample is fair reason why it is not random as you want point out. If you want to believe otherwise, I have no problem, be my guest, but you won’t change a bit my point of view, sorry.
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    I thought I had mentioned before but I do it now again. The way I see it, there's no other cause when you see fair samples like in POs or career high leverage situations. It's not a coincidence that some players do not perform well or at their standard level in those situations —like Kershaw. There's a reason, for example, some good and even great RPs just can't close games. Pressure eats them alive. Some teams year after year look for closers within their staff by committee because some RPs simply can't close even with "good numbers". Remember how Koji got the closing job in 2013? After a committee process, the rest is history.
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