The Tyranny of the Save

Feb 15 2018 by Bluebird Banter

 

Allow me to take you back to the evening of September 5, 2017. The Blue Jays were in Boston for the middle game of a three game set, as they played out the string and the Red Sox moved towards the division title. Two ships passing in the night, heading in opposite directions. But behind seven shutout innings from Marco Estrada, the Jays scratched their way to a tenuous 2-0 lead, and it looked like for one night at least the script was to be flipped.

With Estrada done at 108 pitches, for...

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