Top 10 closers for 2018
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While debates regarding the value of saves and the role of the closer are nothing new, the difference-making impact of having an elite one is unmistakable. The ability to get the job done and close the door is still highly valued and handsomely rewarded. OveTop 10 closers for 2018
While debates regarding the value of saves and the role of the closer are nothing new, the difference-making impact of having an elite one is unmistakable. The ability to get the job done and close the door is still highly valued and handsomely rewarded. Over the last two winters, Aroldis Chapman, Kenley Jansen, Mark Melancon and Wade Davis have raised the bar for how closers are compensated, netting a combined $280 million for their talents at turning the lights off late in affairs. Whether saves are correctly valued or not, they most certainly pay very well.With Trevor Hoffman headed to Cooperstown this summer and Mariano Rivera joining him next year, the generation following in their footsteps is proving to be an especially dominant one. Jansen and Craig Kimbrel have inverted the priority of how a game is directed, often upstaging the starting pitching ahead of them. The presence of Sean Doolittle, emergence of Corey Knebel and return to form of Greg Holland completely changed the potential of their respec Read more