Nationals Pen

Closeness scores make a Washington Post story about the Nationals use of their bullpen:

Martinez’s reasoning for his heavy reliance on what was once a big three, then became a big four when the Nationals acquired Kelvin Herrera on June 18, was that his team had played more close games than anyone else in the majors. He needed to use those guys because his team’s leads were not big enough to be handed to anyone else, and indeed, that was true. Before the rotation collapsed in late June, the Nationals had the smallest average run difference per game of any team in baseball: 1.90 runs. At that point, the league median was 2.27, according to BaseballMusings.com.

The verdict is that the players like Dave Martinez, but feel he is learning on the job, especially when it comes to using the bullpen.

from baseballmusings.com https://ift.tt/2JBi9PC