Closer Stats/Trends

[PeaveyFury]

There was an interesting discussion in the chat room tonight that sparked my curiosity.

 

The point was raised that when a setup man goes from being in that role to being in a closer's role, that his ERA is going to go up based on the switch in roles, and said that there was a report of some kind out there that confirmed it but didn't know where.

 

Obviously, I don't have the resources to find out if there's any valid evidence of this on a widescale basis, but I figured if anyone had any idea that it'd be Russ.

[rluzinski]

I don't think I've read anything along those lines. I'll see if I can dig anything up.