{"id":48422,"date":"2021-06-30T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=48422"},"modified":"2021-06-30T12:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:29:14","slug":"reliever-rankings-20210627","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/06\/30\/reliever-rankings-20210627\/","title":{"rendered":"Reliever Rankings, June 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reliever Rankings, June 27<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Our (clutch) Reliever Rankings for this week see a shakeup toward the top of the table in both leagues. The American League had a swap of its second- and third-place teams, while the National League has a new leader.<\/p>\n

A reminder that these are clutch<\/em> reliever rankings. Mop-up duty or pitching while behind, while important, is not what makes a bullpen earn its keep. Pitching scoreless innings in tie games or with a narrow lead is what does it.<\/p>\n

Teams are ranked by league in the following categories: Goose Egg percentage (GE%), Broken Egg percentage (BE%), and GE per BE (GE\/BE). These ranks are averaged to get their overall ranking. The reason we are looking at Goose Eggs \u2014 a clutch relief stat invented by Nate Silver \u2014 and not saves is that Goose Eggs give a better indication of clutch performance. Plus, they go inning-by-inning instead of game-by-game. (The short version: A Goose Egg is a scoreless inning of relief in the seventh inning or later of either a tie game or one where his team holds a narrow lead. When the pitcher allows an earned run in that situation, it is a Broken Egg. If he allows an unearned run or an inherited run, it is a Meh. In chess terms, that\u2019s akin to a stalemate.)<\/p>\n

AL Reliever Rankings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nCleveland Indians<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSeattle Mariners<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nNew York Yankees<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nLos Angeles Angels<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDetroit Tigers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nBoston Red Sox<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 (T)<\/td>\nChicago White Sox<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7 (T)<\/td>\nTampa Bay Rays<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nOakland Athletics<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nHouston Astros<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nMinnesota Twins<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nKansas City Royals<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nToronto Blue Jays<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nTexas Rangers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nBaltimore Orioles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n