The Z Files: Changing Wins to Innings and Saves to Solds

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Published on February 26, 2021

Tout Wars has always tried to find the balance between running common, relatable leagues and being on the forefront of rules innovation. Before I continue, in full disclosure I am on the five-member Tout Wars board.

Tout Wars was the first industry league to switch from 4x4 to 5x5 and to use OBP instead of batting average. We introduced the inaugural Mixed Leagues, first auction, then draft. Tout Wars then expanded into Head to Head and Draft and Hold. Finally, a few years back, we took out the fifth outfielder in the single league formats and made it a super-utility, available to be occupied by a hitter or pitcher.

Along the way, Tout Wars has experimented with Vickrey bidding and one season charged an entry fee to be paid out in winnings to examine whether having money on the line influenced the quality of play. Spoiler alert: it didn't, at least that was the results of the survey. Finally, Tout Wars provided a platform for Sam Walker to write Fantasyland and Jed Latkin to play the lead in the movie.

Well, we're at it again. Tout Wars is rolling out yet another showcase league, this time with tweaks to the pitching categories as innings pitched replaces wins, while saves plus holds takes over for saves. Both are in response to the current manner in which MLB approaches pitching.

Fewer wins are earned by starters. These are now captured by relievers. Sure, this helps elevate the utility of quality non-closers, but

Fewer wins are earned by starters. These are now captured by relievers. Sure, this helps elevate the utility of quality non-closers, but they're even less predictable than starter wins. Some people champion using quality starts instead, but that just makes the top arms even more fantasy friendly. Ranking all pitchers by innings gives credit for a very underrated element of pitching: getting outs. The more outs a pitcher helps achieve, the more he's helping his team, and now, at least in one league, your fantasy team.

Scoring holds is becoming more common. Personally, I'm not a fan of the statistic. However, if agreeing to using saves plus holds meant I could lobby for innings over wins, it's worth holding my nose and agreeing.

This new league is going to draft Tuesday, March 2, beginning at noon EST. It will be carried live on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio with Jeff Erickson and yours truly on commentary and analysis. To help me prepare for the broadcast, I wanted to get an idea how the new categories affect end-of-season earnings.

Before sharing the results, please keep in mind one of the tenets of conventional valuation is the positive-earning pool should have exactly enough players to populate every team's legal roster, with the assumption they are active all season. Using the new 12-team league with nine active pitchers as the model, the positive-earning pool has 108 individuals.

Obviously, over the course of the season, there are far more than 108 hurlers active in a league of this nature. Adjusting valuation to account for this is a discussion for another day. The key is to realize strategy and team needs will dictate the roster of active pitchers each week. Not to mention, even after running the numbers with the new specifications, each participants draft list may be different based on their intended roster build.

With that as a backdrop, here is some data from 2017-2020. The season-ending earnings are computed for both standard scoring and the new format. Both earnings and rank are presented, along with the difference between each. Everything is sortable, so you can click on holds to see what happens to the leaders in the category. You can click on the earnings difference to see which pitchers were affected by the scoring system. At the end of each season's grid, I'll share some observations before summarizing at the end.

2020

	Player	IP	W	ER	K	ERA	WHIP	SV	HO	Reg	New	Diff $	Reg	New	Diff Rank
1	Shane Bieber	77.3	8	14	122	1.63	0.87	0	0	$38	$37	-$1	1	1	0
2	Trevor Bauer	73	5	14	100	1.73	0.79	0	0	$33	$33	$0	2	2	0
3	Yu Darvish	76	8	17	93	2.01	0.96	0	0	$28	$27	-$1	4	3	1
4	Dinelson Lamet	69	3	16	93	2.09	0.86	0	0	$26	$26	$0	6	4	2
5	Brad Hand	22	2	5	29	2.05	0.77	16	1	$27	$23	-$4	5	5	0
6	Liam Hendriks	25.3	3	5	37	1.78	0.67	14	0	$29	$23	-$6	3	6	-3
7	Jacob deGrom	68	4	18	104	2.38	0.96	0	0	$23	$23	-$1	8	7	1
8	Kenta Maeda	66.7	6	20	80	2.70	0.75	0	0	$24	$23	-$2	7	8	-1
9	Devin Williams	27	4	1	53	0.33	0.63	0	9	$12	$21	$9	31	9	22
10	Gerrit Cole	73	7	23	94	2.84	0.96	0	0	$22	$21	-$1	9	10	-1
11	Kyle Hendricks	81.3	6	26	64	2.88	1.00	0	0	$18	$18	$0	14	11	3
12	Brandon Woodruff	73.7	3	25	91	3.05	0.99	0	0	$18	$18	$1	15	12	3
13	Jake Diekman	21.3	2	1	31	0.42	0.94	0	13	$2	$18	$15	80	13	67
14	Lance Lynn	84	6	31	89	3.32	1.06	0	0	$17	$18	$1	18	14	4
15	Clayton Kershaw	58.3	6	14	62	2.16	0.84	0	0	$20	$17	-$3	12	15	-3
16	Corbin Burnes	59.7	4	14	88	2.11	1.02	0	0	$18	$17	-$2	13	16	-3
17	Trevor Rosenthal	23.7	1	5	38	1.90	0.85	11	1	$20	$17	-$4	10	17	-7
18	Tyler Duffey	24	1	5	31	1.88	0.79	0	12	$2	$16	$15	89	18	71
19	Nick Anderson	16.3	2	1	26	0.55	0.49	6	6	$12	$15	$3	34	19	15
20	Zach Plesac	55.3	4	14	57	2.28	0.80	0	0	$17	$15	-$2	16	20	-4
21	Zac Gallen	72	3	22	82	2.75	1.11	0	0	$14	$15	$0	24	21	3
22	Lucas Giolito	72.3	4	28	97	3.48	1.04	0	0	$15	$15	$0	22	22	0
23	Aaron Nola	71.3	5	26	96	3.28	1.08	0	0	$15	$14	-$1	20	23	-3
24	Marco Gonzales	69.7	7	24	64	3.10	0.95	0	0	$16	$14	-$2	19	24	-5
25	Alex Colome	22.3	2	2	16	0.81	0.94	12	0	$20	$14	-$6	11	25	-14
26	Drew Pomeranz	18.7	1	3	29	1.45	1.02	4	9	$5	$14	$9	63	26	37
27	Rafael Dolis	24	2	4	31	1.50	1.25	5	7	$7	$13	$6	53	27	26
28	Zach Davies	69.3	7	21	63	2.73	1.07	0	0	$15	$13	-$2	23	28	-5
29	Jeremy Jeffress	23.3	4	4	17	1.54	0.94	8	3	$13	$12	-$2	26	29	-3
30	Sergio Romo	20	1	9	23	4.05	1.15	5	10	$1	$11	$11	102	30	72
31	Josh Hader	19	1	8	31	3.79	0.95	13	0	$17	$11	-$6	17	31	-14
32	Dallas Keuchel	63.3	6	14	42	1.99	1.09	0	0	$13	$11	-$2	27	32	-5
33	Mike Mayers	30	2	7	43	2.10	0.90	2	5	$8	$11	$3	47	33	14
34	Hyun Jin Ryu	67	5	20	72	2.69	1.15	0	0	$12	$11	-$1	32	34	-2
35	James Karinchak	27	1	8	53	2.67	1.11	1	8	$2	$11	$8	81	35	46
36	Dylan Bundy	65.7	6	24	72	3.29	1.04	0	0	$12	$10	-$2	33	36	-3
37	Greg Holland	28.3	3	6	31	1.91	0.95	6	2	$12	$10	-$2	30	37	-7
38	Brandon Kintzler	24.3	2	6	14	2.22	1.32	12	1	$14	$10	-$4	25	38	-13
39	Carlos Carrasco	68	3	22	82	2.91	1.21	0	0	$10	$10	$0	40	39	1
40	Raisel Iglesias	23	4	7	31	2.74	0.91	8	2	$13	$10	-$4	28	40	-12
41	Tony Watson	18	1	5	15	2.50	0.89	2	10	-$1	$9	$10	133	41	92
42	Chris Bassitt	63	5	16	55	2.29	1.16	0	0	$11	$9	-$2	37	42	-5
43	Luis Castillo	70	4	25	89	3.21	1.23	0	0	$9	$9	-$1	42	43	-1
44	Kenley Jansen	24.3	3	9	33	3.33	1.15	11	0	$15	$8	-$6	21	44	-23
45	Tanner Rainey	20.3	1	6	32	2.66	0.74	0	9	$0	$8	$9	121	45	76
46	Anthony Bass	25.7	2	10	21	3.51	1.01	7	4	$7	$8	$1	49	46	3
47	Framber Valdez	70.7	5	28	76	3.57	1.12	0	0	$9	$8	-$1	44	47	-3
48	Zack Britton	19	1	4	16	1.89	1.00	8	3	$9	$8	-$1	43	48	-5
49	Adam Wainwright	65.7	5	23	54	3.15	1.05	0	0	$10	$8	-$2	41	49	-8
50	Tony Gonsolin	46.7	2	12	46	2.31	0.84	0	0	$11	$8	-$3	39	50	-11
51	Trevor May	23.3	1	10	38	3.86	1.16	2	9	-$1	$8	$9	141	51	90
52	Zack Wheeler	71	4	23	53	2.92	1.17	0	0	$8	$8	-$1	46	52	-6
53	Max Fried	56	7	14	50	2.25	1.09	0	0	$12	$8	-$4	35	53	-18
54	Tyler Rogers	28	3	14	27	4.50	1.32	3	10	-$3	$7	$11	167	54	113
55	Nick Wittgren	23.7	2	9	28	3.42	1.01	0	10	-$3	$7	$10	175	55	120
56	Matt Barnes	23	1	11	31	4.30	1.39	9	4	$6	$7	$1	57	56	1
57	Dustin May	56	3	16	44	2.57	1.09	0	1	$8	$7	-$1	48	57	-9
58	Tyler Clippard	26	2	8	26	2.77	0.88	0	8	$0	$7	$7	124	58	66
59	Ryan Pressly	21	1	8	29	3.43	1.33	12	0	$13	$7	-$6	29	59	-30
60	Jesse Hahn	17.3	1	1	19	0.52	0.69	3	5	$5	$7	$2	62	60	2
61	Diego Castillo	21.7	3	4	23	1.66	1.06	4	5	$5	$7	$2	60	61	-1
62	Edwin Diaz	25.7	2	5	50	1.75	1.25	6	1	$11	$7	-$4	38	62	-24
63	Shane Greene	27.7	1	8	21	2.60	1.12	0	9	-$3	$6	$10	171	63	108
64	Chris Martin	18	1	2	20	1.00	0.61	1	6	$2	$6	$4	86	64	22
65	Kevin Gausman	59.7	3	24	79	3.62	1.11	0	0	$7	$6	-$2	50	65	-15
66	Brad Keller	54.7	5	15	35	2.47	1.02	0	0	$9	$6	-$3	45	66	-21
67	Matt Wisler	25.3	0	3	35	1.07	1.14	1	5	$2	$5	$3	85	67	18
68	Mark Melancon	22.7	2	7	14	2.78	1.28	11	0	$12	$5	-$6	36	68	-32
69	Evan Marshall	22.7	2	6	30	2.38	1.06	0	8	-$2	$5	$7	146	69	77
70	Chad Green	25.7	3	10	32	3.51	0.82	1	6	$1	$5	$4	94	70	24
71	Codi Heuer	23.7	3	4	25	1.52	0.89	1	5	$3	$5	$2	75	71	4
72	German Marquez	81.7	4	34	73	3.75	1.26	0	0	$4	$5	$1	69	72	-3
73	Scott Barlow	30	2	14	39	4.20	1.20	2	7	-$2	$5	$6	143	73	70
74	Jose Cisnero	29.7	3	10	34	3.03	1.11	0	7	-$1	$5	$6	136	74	62
75	Cristian Javier	54.3	5	21	54	3.48	0.99	0	0	$7	$4	-$3	51	75	-24
76	Richard Rodriguez	23.3	3	7	34	2.70	0.86	4	2	$7	$4	-$3	52	76	-24
77	Blake Treinen	25.7	3	11	22	3.86	1.21	1	9	-$5	$4	$9	201	77	124
78	Tyler Glasnow	57.3	5	26	91	4.08	1.13	0	0	$7	$4	-$3	54	78	-24
79	Josh Staumont	25.7	2	7	37	2.45	1.40	0	8	-$4	$4	$7	185	79	106
80	Lucas Sims	25.7	3	7	34	2.45	0.94	0	5	$1	$3	$2	99	80	19
81	Zack Greinke	67	3	30	67	4.03	1.13	0	0	$4	$3	-$1	73	81	-8
82	Taijuan Walker	53.3	4	16	50	2.70	1.16	0	0	$6	$3	-$3	58	82	-24
83	Tommy Hunter	24.7	0	11	25	4.01	1.14	1	8	-$5	$3	$8	213	83	130
84	Ryan Brasier	25	1	11	30	3.96	1.40	0	10	-$8	$3	$11	286	84	202
85	Jake McGee	20.3	3	6	33	2.66	0.84	0	6	$0	$3	$3	119	85	34
86	Jonathan Hernandez	31	5	10	31	2.90	1.03	0	5	$1	$3	$2	104	86	18
87	Stefan Crichton	26	2	7	23	2.42	1.19	5	2	$5	$2	-$3	64	87	-23
88	Yusmeiro Petit	21.7	2	4	17	1.66	1.11	0	7	-$3	$2	$5	161	88	73
89	Antonio Senzatela	73.3	5	28	41	3.44	1.21	0	0	$3	$2	-$1	76	89	-13
90	Kwang Hyun Kim	39	3	7	24	1.62	1.03	1	0	$7	$2	-$5	55	90	-35
91	Amir Garrett	18.3	1	5	26	2.45	0.93	1	6	-$1	$2	$3	139	91	48
92	Pete Fairbanks	26.7	6	8	39	2.70	1.39	0	7	-$2	$2	$4	150	92	58
93	Taylor Rogers	20	2	9	24	4.05	1.50	9	2	$5	$2	-$3	61	93	-32
94	Tanner Scott	20.7	0	3	23	1.31	1.06	1	5	-$1	$2	$3	126	94	32
95	Emilio Pagan	22	0	11	23	4.50	1.05	2	7	-$4	$2	$6	196	95	101
96	Justin Wilson	19.7	2	8	23	3.66	1.37	0	10	-$8	$2	$10	278	96	182
97	Brusdar Graterol	23.3	1	8	13	3.09	0.90	0	7	-$4	$2	$6	195	97	98
98	Jordan Romano	14.7	2	2	21	1.23	0.89	2	5	$1	$2	$1	106	98	8
99	Jarlin Garcia	18.3	2	1	14	0.49	0.98	0	6	-$2	$1	$3	142	99	43
100	A.J. Minter	21.7	1	2	24	0.83	1.11	0	5	-$1	$1	$2	129	100	29
101	Max Scherzer	67.3	5	28	92	3.74	1.38	0	0	$3	$1	-$2	78	101	-23
102	Sonny Gray	56	5	23	72	3.70	1.21	0	0	$4	$1	-$3	71	102	-31
103	Adam Kolarek	19	3	2	13	0.95	0.79	1	4	$1	$1	-$1	93	103	-10
104	Archie Bradley	18.3	2	6	18	2.95	1.09	6	2	$4	$1	-$4	65	104	-39
105	Brady Singer	64.3	4	29	61	4.06	1.17	0	0	$2	$1	-$2	84	105	-21
106	Julio Urias	55	3	20	45	3.27	1.15	0	0	$3	$1	-$2	77	106	-29
107	Daniel Bard	24.7	4	10	27	3.65	1.30	6	2	$4	$1	-$4	67	107	-40
108	Blake Snell	50	4	18	63	3.24	1.20	0	0	$4	$1	-$4	68	108	-40
109	Pablo Lopez	57.3	6	23	59	3.61	1.19	0	0	$4	$0	-$3	72	109	-37
110	Aaron Loup	25	3	7	22	2.52	0.84	0	4	$0	$0	$0	111	110	1
111	Matt Foster	28.7	6	7	31	2.20	0.87	0	2	$4	$0	-$4	66	111	-45
112	Rowan Wick	17.3	0	6	20	3.12	1.38	4	5	-$2	$0	$2	151	112	39
113	Bryan Garcia	21.7	2	4	12	1.66	1.29	4	3	$1	$0	-$2	92	113	-21
114	Pedro Baez	17	0	6	13	3.18	1.00	2	6	-$4	$0	$4	186	114	72
115	Tejay Antone	35.3	0	11	45	2.80	1.02	0	1	$2	$0	-$2	88	115	-27
116	J.A. Happ	49.3	2	19	42	3.47	1.05	0	0	$2	-$1	-$3	82	116	-34
117	Rafael Montero	17.7	0	8	19	4.08	1.02	8	0	$6	-$1	-$6	59	117	-58
118	Mychal Givens	22.3	1	9	25	3.63	1.16	1	6	-$5	-$1	$4	200	118	82
119	Daniel Hudson	20.7	3	14	28	6.10	1.26	10	0	$6	-$1	-$7	56	119	-63
120	Matt Andriese	32	2	16	33	4.50	1.00	2	3	-$1	-$1	$0	125	120	5
121	Yency Almonte	27.7	3	9	23	2.93	1.12	1	4	-$1	-$1	$0	137	121	16
122	Tyler Mahle	47.7	2	19	60	3.59	1.15	0	0	$2	-$1	-$3	87	122	-35
123	Cal Quantrill	32	2	8	31	2.25	1.22	1	2	$1	-$1	-$2	105	123	-18
124	Wander Suero	23.7	2	10	28	3.80	1.27	0	7	-$7	-$1	$5	239	124	115
125	John Gant	15	0	4	18	2.40	1.07	0	7	-$6	-$1	$5	233	125	108
126	Anthony Misiewicz	20	0	9	25	4.05	1.30	0	8	-$9	-$1	$7	301	126	175
127	Yimi Garcia	15	3	1	19	0.60	0.93	1	4	$0	-$1	-$1	117	127	-10
128	Brooks Raley	20	0	11	27	4.95	0.95	1	6	-$5	-$1	$4	219	128	91
129	Lance McCullers	55	3	24	56	3.93	1.16	0	0	$1	-$2	-$3	100	129	-29
130	Zach Eflin	59	4	26	70	3.97	1.27	0	0	$1	-$2	-$2	101	130	-29
131	Matt Strahm	20.7	0	6	15	2.61	0.87	0	5	-$4	-$2	$2	188	131	57
132	Dylan Floro	24.3	3	7	19	2.59	1.11	0	5	-$3	-$2	$2	169	132	37
133	Blake Taylor	20.7	2	5	17	2.18	1.21	1	5	-$3	-$2	$2	168	133	35
134	Ryan Yarbrough	55.7	1	22	44	3.56	1.19	0	0	$0	-$2	-$2	115	134	-19
135	Joakim Soria	22.3	2	7	24	2.82	1.25	2	4	-$2	-$2	$0	148	135	13
136	Andrew Heaney	66.7	4	33	70	4.46	1.23	0	0	$0	-$2	-$1	120	136	-16
137	Dakota Hudson	39	3	12	31	2.77	1.00	0	0	$3	-$2	-$5	79	137	-58
138	Ian Anderson	32.3	3	7	41	1.95	1.08	0	0	$3	-$2	-$6	74	138	-64
139	Aaron Slegers	26	0	10	19	3.46	0.88	2	2	$0	-$2	-$2	122	139	-17
140	Victor Gonzalez	20.3	3	3	23	1.33	0.74	0	2	$1	-$2	-$4	91	140	-49
141	Caleb Ferguson	18.7	2	6	27	2.89	1.02	0	5	-$4	-$2	$1	182	141	41
142	Jose Berrios	63	5	28	68	4.00	1.32	0	0	$0	-$2	-$2	113	142	-29
143	John Curtiss	25	3	5	25	1.80	0.96	2	0	$4	-$2	-$7	70	143	-73
144	Genesis Cabrera	22.3	4	6	32	2.42	1.16	1	3	$0	-$3	-$2	114	144	-30
145	Chris Stratton	30	2	13	39	3.90	1.30	0	5	-$5	-$3	$3	217	145	72
146	Triston McKenzie	33.3	2	12	42	3.24	0.90	0	0	$2	-$3	-$5	83	146	-63
147	Buck Farmer	21.3	1	9	14	3.80	1.17	0	7	-$8	-$3	$5	280	147	133
148	Walker Buehler	36.7	1	14	42	3.44	0.95	0	0	$1	-$3	-$4	96	148	-52
149	Brent Suter	31.7	2	11	38	3.13	1.11	0	2	-$1	-$3	-$2	130	149	-19
150	Richard Bleier	16.7	1	4	11	2.16	1.08	0	6	-$6	-$3	$3	229	150	79

Let's start by sorting on holds. First off, before noting how far Jake Diekman and Tyler Duffey soar up the rankings, check out where they ranked in standard scoring. One of the arguments for adding holds is it gives more value to middle relievers, yet they were both well within the top 108 in conventional 5x5. Including holds propels them within the top 20! Whether I like that or not (I don't) is immaterial. At least last season, adding holds resulted in seven relievers among the top-20 overall pitchers. I'm not a betting man, but I'll take the over on 13 starting pitchers drafted within the top-20 pitchers Tuesday.

Sorting on wins doesn't do much for the elite, but check out the group with seven wins. Marco Gonzales, Zach Davies and Max Fried were tied for the third-most victories in the league, yet they ranked 16th, 17th and 38th in innings. Their "lucky" ratios already buoy their earnings, but using innings instead of wins softens the effect of the wins emanating from the low ERA.

2019

	Player	IP	W	ER	K	ERA	WHIP	SV	HO	Reg	New	Diff $	Reg	New	Diff Rank
1	Justin Verlander	223	21	64	299	2.58	0.80	0	0	$42	$42	$0	1	1	0
2	Gerrit Cole	212	20	59	326	2.50	0.89	0	0	$39	$39	$0	2	2	0
3	Jacob deGrom	204	11	55	255	2.43	0.97	0	0	$30	$32	$2	3	3	0
4	Jack Flaherty	196	11	60	231	2.75	0.97	0	0	$25	$27	$2	5	4	1
5	Zack Greinke	209	18	68	187	2.93	0.98	0	0	$25	$25	$0	4	5	-1
6	Shane Bieber	214	15	78	259	3.28	1.05	0	0	$23	$24	$1	7	6	1
7	Stephen Strasburg	209	18	77	251	3.32	1.04	0	0	$24	$23	$0	6	7	-1
8	Hyun Jin Ryu	183	14	47	163	2.32	1.01	0	0	$23	$23	$0	8	8	0
9	Charlie Morton	195	16	66	240	3.05	1.08	0	0	$22	$21	$0	9	9	0
10	Max Scherzer	172	11	56	243	2.92	1.03	0	0	$21	$21	$0	10	10	0
11	Josh Hader	75.7	3	22	138	2.62	0.81	37	6	$20	$19	-$1	11	11	0
12	Walker Buehler	182	14	66	215	3.26	1.04	0	0	$19	$18	$0	13	12	1
13	Sonny Gray	175	11	56	205	2.87	1.08	0	0	$18	$18	$0	15	13	2
14	Clayton Kershaw	178	16	60	189	3.03	1.04	0	0	$19	$18	-$1	12	14	-2
15	Patrick Corbin	202	14	73	238	3.25	1.18	0	0	$17	$18	$1	17	15	2
16	Liam Hendriks	85	4	17	124	1.80	0.96	25	8	$17	$17	$0	18	16	2
17	Lucas Giolito	177	14	67	228	3.41	1.06	0	0	$17	$17	-$1	16	17	-1
18	Luis Castillo	191	15	72	226	3.40	1.14	0	0	$16	$16	$0	19	18	1
19	Kirby Yates	60.7	0	8	101	1.19	0.89	41	0	$18	$16	-$3	14	19	-5
20	Mike Soroka	175	13	52	142	2.68	1.11	0	0	$16	$15	$0	20	20	0
21	Lance Lynn	208	16	85	246	3.67	1.22	0	0	$14	$14	$0	22	21	1
22	Madison Bumgarner	208	9	90	203	3.90	1.13	0	0	$11	$14	$2	32	22	10
23	Yu Darvish	179	6	79	229	3.98	1.10	0	0	$10	$12	$2	36	23	13
24	Yusmeiro Petit	83	5	25	71	2.71	0.81	0	29	$5	$12	$7	65	24	41
25	Mike Minor	208	14	83	200	3.59	1.24	0	0	$11	$12	$1	31	25	6
26	Taylor Rogers	69	2	20	90	2.61	1.00	30	10	$11	$12	$0	30	26	4
27	Brandon Workman	71.7	10	15	104	1.88	1.03	16	15	$12	$12	$0	28	27	1
28	Seth Lugo	80	7	24	104	2.70	0.90	6	21	$8	$11	$3	47	28	19
29	Emilio Pagan	70	4	18	96	2.31	0.83	20	8	$12	$11	-$1	27	29	-2
30	Roberto Osuna	65	4	19	73	2.63	0.88	38	0	$15	$11	-$4	21	30	-9
31	Jeff Samardzija	181	11	71	140	3.52	1.11	0	0	$11	$11	$0	34	31	3
32	Jose Berrios	200	14	82	195	3.68	1.22	0	0	$11	$11	$0	33	32	1
33	Chris Paddack	141	9	52	153	3.33	0.98	0	0	$12	$11	-$1	29	33	-4
34	Kyle Hendricks	177	11	68	150	3.46	1.13	0	0	$11	$11	$0	35	34	1
35	Mike Clevinger	126	13	38	169	2.71	1.06	0	0	$14	$11	-$3	23	35	-12
36	Aaron Nola	202	12	87	229	3.87	1.27	0	0	$9	$10	$1	44	36	8
37	Kenta Maeda	154	10	69	169	4.04	1.07	3	4	$9	$10	$1	42	37	5
38	Giovanny Gallegos	74	3	19	93	2.31	0.81	1	19	$6	$10	$4	62	38	24
39	Felipe Vazquez	60	5	11	90	1.65	0.93	28	0	$13	$9	-$4	25	39	-14
40	Will Smith	65.3	6	20	96	2.76	1.03	34	0	$14	$9	-$4	24	40	-16
41	Will Harris	60	4	10	62	1.50	0.93	4	26	$4	$9	$5	75	41	34
42	Aroldis Chapman	57	3	14	85	2.21	1.11	37	0	$12	$9	-$4	26	42	-16
43	Ryan Pressly	54.3	2	14	72	2.32	0.90	3	31	$1	$8	$7	98	43	55
44	Marcus Stroman	184	10	66	159	3.22	1.31	0	0	$7	$8	$1	50	44	6
45	Trevor Bauer	213	11	106	253	4.48	1.25	0	0	$6	$8	$2	58	45	13
46	Shane Greene	62.7	0	16	64	2.30	1.01	23	10	$7	$8	$1	51	46	5
47	Jake Odorizzi	159	15	62	178	3.51	1.21	0	0	$10	$8	-$2	39	47	-8
48	Aaron Bummer	67.7	0	16	60	2.13	0.99	1	27	$1	$8	$7	107	48	59
49	Craig Stammen	82	8	30	73	3.29	1.16	4	31	$1	$8	$6	96	49	47
50	Eduardo Rodriguez	203	19	86	213	3.81	1.33	0	0	$9	$8	-$1	43	50	-7
51	Hector Neris	67.7	3	22	89	2.93	1.02	28	2	$10	$7	-$3	37	51	-14
52	Zack Wheeler	195	11	86	195	3.96	1.26	0	0	$6	$7	$1	56	52	4
53	Michael Lorenzen	83.3	1	27	85	2.92	1.15	7	21	$2	$7	$5	91	53	38
54	Hansel Robles	72.7	5	20	75	2.48	1.02	23	2	$10	$7	-$3	38	54	-16
55	Chris Sale	147	6	72	218	4.40	1.09	0	0	$6	$7	$0	55	55	0
56	Noah Syndergaard	198	10	94	202	4.28	1.23	0	0	$5	$7	$1	66	56	10
57	Zack Britton	61.3	3	13	53	1.91	1.14	3	29	$0	$6	$6	112	57	55
58	Adam Ottavino	66.3	6	14	88	1.90	1.31	2	28	$1	$6	$5	99	58	41
59	Mike Fiers	185	15	80	126	3.90	1.19	0	0	$7	$6	-$1	53	59	-6
60	Pedro Baez	69.7	7	24	69	3.10	0.95	1	25	$2	$6	$4	89	60	29
61	John Means	155	12	62	121	3.60	1.14	0	0	$7	$6	-$1	49	61	-12
62	Anthony DeSclafani	167	9	72	167	3.89	1.20	0	0	$6	$6	$0	61	62	-1
63	Matthew Boyd	185	9	94	238	4.56	1.23	0	0	$5	$6	$1	71	63	8
64	Sergio Romo	60.3	2	23	60	3.43	1.11	20	17	$3	$5	$2	84	64	20
65	Kenley Jansen	63	5	26	80	3.71	1.06	33	0	$9	$5	-$4	40	65	-25
66	Ryan Yarbrough	142	11	65	117	4.13	1.00	0	0	$7	$5	-$2	54	66	-12
67	Ken Giles	53	2	11	83	1.87	1.00	23	0	$8	$5	-$3	46	67	-21
68	Alex Colome	61	4	19	55	2.80	1.07	30	0	$9	$5	-$4	45	68	-23
69	Raisel Iglesias	67	3	31	89	4.16	1.22	34	3	$7	$5	-$2	52	69	-17
70	Brad Hand	57.3	6	21	84	3.30	1.24	34	0	$9	$4	-$5	41	70	-29
71	Sandy Alcantara	197	6	85	151	3.88	1.32	0	0	$1	$4	$3	97	71	26
72	Yonny Chirinos	133	9	57	114	3.85	1.05	0	0	$5	$4	-$1	64	72	-8
73	Miles Mikolas	184	9	85	144	4.16	1.22	0	0	$3	$4	$1	85	73	12
74	Junior Guerra	83.7	9	33	77	3.55	1.12	3	20	$1	$4	$2	95	74	21
75	Marco Gonzales	203	16	90	147	3.99	1.31	0	0	$4	$4	$0	74	75	-1
76	Domingo German	143	18	64	153	4.03	1.15	0	0	$8	$4	-$4	48	76	-28
77	James Paxton	151	15	64	186	3.82	1.28	0	0	$6	$4	-$3	57	77	-20
78	Julio Urias	79.7	4	22	85	2.49	1.08	4	8	$4	$4	$0	78	78	0
79	Daniel Hudson	73	9	20	71	2.47	1.14	8	11	$5	$4	-$1	68	79	-11
80	Tommy Kahnle	61.3	3	25	88	3.67	1.06	0	27	-$2	$3	$6	144	80	64
81	Julio Teheran	175	10	74	162	3.81	1.32	0	0	$3	$3	$0	83	81	2
82	Michael Pineda	146	11	65	140	4.01	1.16	0	0	$5	$3	-$2	67	82	-15
83	Chris Bassitt	144	10	61	141	3.81	1.19	0	0	$4	$3	-$1	72	83	-11
84	Brandon Woodruff	122	11	49	143	3.62	1.14	0	0	$6	$3	-$3	60	84	-24
85	Joey Lucchesi	164	10	76	158	4.18	1.22	0	0	$3	$3	$0	80	85	-5
86	Robbie Ray	174	12	84	235	4.34	1.34	0	0	$3	$3	$0	79	86	-7
87	Dakota Hudson	175	16	65	136	3.35	1.41	1	0	$5	$3	-$2	70	87	-17
88	Ian Kennedy	63.3	3	24	73	3.41	1.28	30	1	$6	$3	-$3	59	88	-29
89	Anibal Sanchez	166	11	71	134	3.85	1.27	0	0	$3	$3	-$1	82	89	-7
90	Joe Musgrove	170	11	84	157	4.44	1.22	0	1	$2	$2	$0	86	90	-4
91	Nick Anderson	65	5	24	110	3.32	1.08	1	16	$1	$2	$2	105	91	14
92	Trevor May	64.3	5	21	79	2.94	1.07	2	17	$0	$2	$2	109	92	17
93	Sam Dyson	62.3	5	23	55	3.32	1.06	2	23	-$2	$2	$4	134	93	41
94	Frankie Montas	96	9	28	103	2.63	1.11	0	0	$5	$2	-$3	63	94	-31
95	Matt Barnes	64.3	5	27	110	3.78	1.38	4	26	-$3	$2	$5	150	95	55
96	Tyler Duffey	57.7	5	16	82	2.50	1.01	0	16	$1	$2	$1	104	96	8
97	Diego Castillo	68.7	5	26	81	3.41	1.24	8	17	$0	$2	$2	113	97	16
98	Zach Davies	160	10	63	102	3.55	1.29	0	0	$2	$2	-$1	87	98	-11
99	German Marquez	174	12	92	175	4.76	1.20	0	0	$2	$2	-$1	88	99	-11
100	Max Fried	166	17	74	173	4.02	1.33	0	0	$4	$2	-$3	73	100	-27
101	Masahiro Tanaka	182	11	90	149	4.45	1.24	0	0	$1	$2	$0	94	101	-7
102	Ty Buttrey	72.3	6	32	84	3.98	1.27	2	26	-$3	$2	$5	162	102	60
103	Joakim Soria	69	2	33	79	4.30	1.03	1	21	-$3	$1	$4	164	103	61
104	Luke Jackson	72.7	9	31	106	3.84	1.40	18	9	$3	$1	-$2	81	104	-23
105	Mike Leake	197	12	94	127	4.29	1.29	0	0	$1	$1	$1	108	105	3
106	Chris Martin	55.7	1	21	65	3.40	1.02	4	18	-$2	$1	$3	143	106	37
107	Caleb Smith	153	10	77	168	4.52	1.23	0	0	$2	$1	-$1	92	107	-15
108	Brandon Kintzler	57	3	17	48	2.68	1.02	1	17	-$2	$1	$2	138	108	30
109	Sean Doolittle	60	6	27	66	4.05	1.30	29	2	$5	$0	-$4	69	109	-40
110	Andrew Miller	54.7	5	27	70	4.45	1.32	6	28	-$4	$0	$5	195	110	85
111	Wade Miley	167	14	74	140	3.98	1.34	0	0	$2	$0	-$2	90	111	-21
112	Carlos Martinez	48.3	4	17	53	3.17	1.18	24	3	$4	$0	-$4	77	112	-35
113	Merrill Kelly	183	13	90	158	4.42	1.31	0	0	$1	$0	$0	106	113	-7
114	Jon Gray	150	11	64	150	3.84	1.35	0	0	$1	$0	-$1	93	114	-21
115	Tyler Clippard	62	1	20	64	2.90	0.85	0	8	$0	$0	$0	116	115	1
116	Brett Anderson	176	13	76	90	3.89	1.31	0	0	$1	$0	-$1	102	116	-14
117	Archie Bradley	71.7	4	28	87	3.52	1.44	18	7	$1	$0	-$1	101	117	-16
118	Tyler Glasnow	60.7	6	12	76	1.78	0.89	0	0	$4	$0	-$4	76	118	-42
119	Nick Wittgren	57.7	5	18	60	2.81	1.08	4	12	$0	$0	$0	115	119	-4
120	Oliver Drake	56	5	20	70	3.21	0.98	2	13	$0	$0	$0	119	120	-1
121	Steven Matz	160	11	75	153	4.21	1.34	0	1	$0	-$1	-$1	111	121	-10
122	Steve Cishek	64	4	21	57	2.95	1.20	7	11	-$1	-$1	$0	122	122	0
123	Yoan Lopez	60.7	2	23	42	3.41	1.14	1	21	-$5	-$1	$4	197	123	74
124	Scott Oberg	56	6	14	58	2.25	1.11	5	8	$1	-$1	-$2	100	124	-24
125	John Brebbia	72.7	3	29	87	3.59	1.18	0	13	-$3	-$1	$2	151	125	26
126	Adrian Houser	111	6	46	117	3.72	1.24	0	1	$0	-$1	-$1	110	126	-16
127	Cam Bedrosian	61.3	3	22	64	3.23	1.14	1	15	-$3	-$1	$2	155	127	28
128	Jake Diekman	62	1	32	84	4.65	1.42	0	31	-$9	-$1	$8	313	128	185
129	Ross Stripling	90.7	4	35	93	3.47	1.15	0	3	$0	-$1	-$1	117	129	-12
130	John Gant	66.3	11	27	60	3.66	1.28	3	19	-$2	-$1	$0	139	130	9
131	Jordan Lyles	141	12	65	146	4.15	1.32	0	0	$1	-$1	-$2	103	131	-28
132	Zach Eflin	163	10	75	129	4.13	1.35	0	0	-$1	-$2	$0	128	132	-4
133	Cole Hamels	142	7	60	143	3.81	1.39	0	0	-$1	-$2	$0	129	133	-4
134	Robert Stephenson	64.7	3	27	81	3.76	1.04	0	11	-$2	-$2	$1	145	134	11
135	Jose Leclerc	68.7	2	33	100	4.33	1.33	14	7	-$1	-$2	$0	131	135	-4
136	Chase Anderson	139	8	65	124	4.21	1.27	0	0	-$1	-$2	-$1	123	136	-13
137	Amir Garrett	56	5	20	78	3.21	1.41	0	22	-$5	-$2	$3	199	137	62
138	Sean Newcomb	68.3	6	24	65	3.16	1.32	1	16	-$3	-$2	$1	160	138	22
139	Adam Kolarek	55	6	20	45	3.27	1.16	1	19	-$3	-$2	$2	170	139	31
140	Joe Jimenez	59.7	4	29	82	4.37	1.32	9	15	-$3	-$2	$1	161	140	21
141	Homer Bailey	163	13	83	149	4.57	1.32	0	0	-$1	-$2	-$1	124	141	-17
142	Brad Keller	165	7	77	122	4.19	1.35	0	0	-$3	-$2	$1	157	142	15
143	Andrew Chafin	52.7	2	22	68	3.76	1.33	0	23	-$7	-$2	$4	245	143	102
144	Blake Parker	61.3	3	31	65	4.55	1.22	10	13	-$3	-$2	$1	165	144	21
145	Wander Suero	71.3	6	36	81	4.54	1.26	1	19	-$5	-$2	$2	205	145	60
146	Zac Gallen	80	3	25	96	2.81	1.23	0	0	$0	-$3	-$2	118	146	-28
147	Zach Plesac	116	8	49	88	3.81	1.23	0	0	$0	-$3	-$2	120	147	-27
148	Reyes Moronta	56.7	3	18	70	2.86	1.31	0	15	-$4	-$3	$2	181	148	33
149	Adam Wainwright	172	14	80	153	4.19	1.43	0	0	-$1	-$3	-$1	130	149	-19
150	Evan Marshall	50.7	4	14	41	2.49	1.30	0	19	-$5	-$3	$2	201	150	51

Of course, you're encouraged to sort on anything of interest, but let's switch things up this time and sort on ranking difference. The biggest movers are holds guys, but some of the league leaders still fall short of the positive-earning pool due to terrible ratios. This is one of the pitfalls of holds; they don't always go to the most skilled relievers. This actually speaks more towards in-season management. Chasing holds off the waiver wire is just as dangerous as trolling for saves, as some targets come with ratio baggage.

The difference in rankings between wins and innings pitched is again far less dramatic, but innings did lessen the earnings from Eduardo Rodriguez as his 19 wins were third highest while his innings checked in 11th. Some would argue the difference of $1 in earnings is insignificant, and they're probably right.

Sorting on earnings difference, Sandy Alcantara's $4 increase is the largest among starters. The narrative here could be innings pitched aids better starters on lesser teams. The next three are Jacob deGrom, Jack Flaherty and Madison Bumgarner who all pitched for better teams but were just snake bit in the wins column.

2018

	Player	IP	W	ER	K	ERA	WHIP	SV	HO	Reg	New	Diff $	Reg	New	Diff Rank
1	Jacob deGrom	217	10	41	269	1.70	0.91	0	0	$42	$42	$1	1	1	0
2	Max Scherzer	221	18	62	300	2.53	0.91	0	0	$39	$38	-$2	2	2	0
3	Justin Verlander	214	16	60	290	2.52	0.90	0	0	$38	$37	-$1	3	3	0
4	Aaron Nola	212	17	56	224	2.37	0.97	0	0	$33	$31	-$1	5	4	1
5	Blake Snell	181	21	38	221	1.89	0.97	0	0	$34	$29	-$5	4	5	-1
6	Chris Sale	158	12	37	237	2.11	0.86	0	0	$30	$27	-$2	6	6	0
7	Corey Kluber	215	20	69	222	2.89	0.99	0	0	$29	$27	-$2	7	7	0
8	Gerrit Cole	200	15	64	276	2.88	1.03	0	0	$27	$26	-$1	8	8	0
9	Edwin Diaz	73.3	0	16	124	1.96	0.79	57	0	$26	$22	-$4	10	9	1
10	Trevor Bauer	175	12	43	221	2.21	1.09	1	0	$23	$22	-$1	11	10	1
11	Patrick Corbin	200	11	70	246	3.15	1.05	0	0	$21	$22	$1	12	11	1
12	Blake Treinen	80.3	9	7	100	0.78	0.83	38	0	$26	$20	-$6	9	12	-3
13	Zack Greinke	208	15	74	199	3.21	1.08	0	0	$19	$19	$0	15	13	2
14	Miles Mikolas	201	18	63	146	2.83	1.07	0	0	$20	$19	-$1	13	14	-1
15	Mike Foltynewicz	183	13	58	202	2.85	1.08	0	0	$19	$18	-$1	14	15	-1
16	Mike Clevinger	200	13	67	207	3.02	1.16	0	0	$16	$17	$1	17	16	1
17	Josh Hader	81.3	6	22	143	2.43	0.81	12	21	$14	$16	$2	23	17	6
18	Carlos Carrasco	192	17	72	231	3.38	1.13	0	0	$17	$15	-$1	16	18	-2
19	Clayton Kershaw	161	9	49	155	2.73	1.04	0	0	$15	$15	$0	19	19	0
20	Luis Severino	191	19	72	220	3.39	1.14	0	0	$16	$14	-$2	18	20	-2
21	Walker Buehler	137	8	40	151	2.62	0.96	0	0	$15	$14	-$1	21	21	0
22	Adam Ottavino	77.7	6	21	112	2.43	0.99	6	34	$7	$13	$7	50	22	28
23	Jeremy Jeffress	76.7	8	11	89	1.29	0.99	15	18	$13	$13	$1	25	23	2
24	Kyle Freeland	202	17	64	173	2.85	1.25	0	0	$14	$13	-$1	22	24	-2
25	Zack Wheeler	182	12	67	179	3.31	1.12	0	0	$12	$12	$0	27	25	2
26	Jameson Taillon	191	14	68	179	3.20	1.18	0	0	$12	$12	$0	26	26	0
27	Kyle Hendricks	199	14	76	161	3.44	1.15	0	0	$11	$12	$0	30	27	3
28	Charlie Morton	167	15	58	201	3.13	1.16	0	0	$14	$12	-$2	24	28	-4
29	Brad Hand	72	2	22	106	2.75	1.11	32	10	$10	$10	$0	32	29	3
30	Jose Berrios	192	12	82	202	3.84	1.14	0	0	$9	$10	$1	42	30	12
31	German Marquez	196	14	82	230	3.77	1.20	0	0	$10	$10	$0	38	31	7
32	J.A. Happ	178	17	72	193	3.65	1.13	0	0	$12	$10	-$2	28	32	-4
33	Craig Kimbrel	62.3	5	19	96	2.74	0.99	42	0	$15	$10	-$5	20	33	-13
34	Jhoulys Chacin	193	15	75	156	3.50	1.16	0	0	$10	$10	$0	37	34	3
35	James Paxton	160	11	67	208	3.76	1.10	0	0	$10	$9	-$1	36	35	1
36	Jack Flaherty	151	8	56	182	3.34	1.11	0	0	$9	$9	$0	41	36	5
37	David Price	176	16	70	177	3.58	1.14	0	0	$11	$9	-$2	31	37	-6
38	Kenley Jansen	71.7	1	24	82	3.01	0.99	38	0	$12	$9	-$3	29	38	-9
39	Anibal Sanchez	137	7	43	135	2.83	1.08	0	0	$9	$9	-$1	44	39	5
40	Jose Leclerc	57.7	2	10	84	1.56	0.85	12	15	$7	$8	$1	47	40	7
41	Trevor Williams	171	14	59	126	3.11	1.18	0	0	$9	$8	-$1	43	41	2
42	Jose Alvarado	64	1	17	80	2.39	1.11	8	31	$1	$8	$7	97	42	55
43	Kirby Yates	63	5	15	90	2.14	0.92	12	16	$7	$8	$1	46	43	3
44	Steve Cishek	70.3	4	17	78	2.18	1.04	4	25	$3	$7	$5	73	44	29
45	Noah Syndergaard	154	13	52	155	3.03	1.21	0	0	$9	$7	-$2	45	45	0
46	Raisel Iglesias	72	2	19	80	2.38	1.07	30	0	$10	$7	-$3	35	46	-11
47	Seth Lugo	101	3	30	103	2.66	1.08	3	11	$5	$7	$2	62	47	15
48	Jared Hughes	78.7	4	17	59	1.94	1.02	7	15	$5	$7	$2	59	48	11
49	Alex Colome	68	7	23	72	3.04	1.18	12	30	$2	$7	$5	87	49	38
50	Yoshihisa Hirano	66.3	4	18	59	2.44	1.09	3	32	$0	$6	$7	116	50	66
51	Tony Watson	66	4	19	72	2.59	1.03	0	32	$0	$6	$7	117	51	66
52	Sean Manaea	161	12	64	108	3.59	1.08	0	0	$7	$6	-$1	49	52	-3
53	Felipe Vazquez	70	4	21	89	2.70	1.24	37	0	$10	$6	-$4	34	53	-19
54	Craig Stammen	79	8	24	88	2.73	1.04	0	23	$3	$6	$3	72	54	18
55	Mike Fiers	172	12	68	139	3.56	1.18	0	0	$6	$6	$0	54	55	-1
56	Sean Doolittle	45	3	8	60	1.60	0.60	25	1	$10	$6	-$5	33	56	-23
57	Masahiro Tanaka	156	12	65	159	3.75	1.13	0	0	$7	$6	-$1	51	57	-6
58	Wade Davis	65.3	3	30	78	4.13	1.06	43	0	$10	$6	-$4	40	58	-18
59	Jesse Chavez	95.3	5	27	92	2.55	1.06	5	7	$6	$6	$0	57	59	-2
60	Collin McHugh	72.3	6	16	94	1.99	0.91	0	12	$6	$6	$0	56	60	-4
61	Dellin Betances	66.7	4	20	115	2.70	1.05	4	20	$3	$6	$3	77	61	16
62	Cole Hamels	191	9	80	188	3.78	1.26	0	0	$3	$5	$2	69	62	7
63	Kyle Gibson	197	10	79	179	3.62	1.30	0	0	$3	$5	$2	70	63	7
64	Aroldis Chapman	51.3	3	14	93	2.45	1.05	32	1	$10	$5	-$4	39	64	-25
65	Rick Porcello	191	17	91	190	4.28	1.18	0	0	$6	$5	-$1	55	65	-10
66	Julio Teheran	176	9	77	162	3.94	1.17	0	0	$4	$5	$1	65	66	-1
67	Yusmeiro Petit	93	7	31	76	3.00	1.01	0	16	$3	$5	$2	76	67	9
68	Ryan Pressly	71	2	20	101	2.54	1.11	2	21	$1	$5	$4	104	68	36
69	Seranthony Dominguez	58	2	19	74	2.95	0.93	16	14	$4	$5	$1	64	69	-5
70	Seunghwan Oh	68.3	6	20	79	2.63	1.01	3	21	$2	$5	$3	82	70	12
71	Jon Lester	182	18	67	149	3.32	1.31	0	0	$6	$5	-$2	52	71	-19
72	Archie Bradley	71.7	4	29	75	3.64	1.14	3	34	-$3	$4	$8	155	72	83
73	Clay Buchholz	98.3	7	22	81	2.01	1.04	0	0	$7	$4	-$3	48	73	-25
74	David Robertson	69.7	8	25	91	3.23	1.03	5	21	$2	$4	$2	80	74	6
75	Lou Trivino	74	8	24	82	2.92	1.14	4	23	$1	$4	$3	91	75	16
76	Ross Stripling	122	8	41	136	3.02	1.19	0	3	$5	$4	-$1	60	76	-16
77	Taylor Rogers	68.3	1	20	75	2.63	0.95	2	18	$1	$4	$4	106	77	29
78	Andrew Heaney	180	9	83	180	4.15	1.20	0	0	$2	$4	$2	84	78	6
79	Derek Holland	171	7	68	169	3.57	1.29	0	0	$2	$4	$2	88	79	9
80	Wade LeBlanc	162	9	67	130	3.72	1.18	0	0	$3	$4	$1	71	80	-9
81	Rich Hill	133	11	54	150	3.66	1.12	0	0	$5	$4	-$2	58	81	-23
82	Chad Green	75.7	8	21	94	2.50	1.04	0	13	$3	$3	$0	67	82	-15
83	Dallas Keuchel	205	12	85	153	3.74	1.31	0	0	$1	$3	$2	94	83	11
84	Jose Urena	174	9	77	130	3.98	1.18	0	0	$1	$3	$2	93	84	9
85	Pedro Strop	59.7	6	15	57	2.26	0.99	13	9	$5	$3	-$2	61	85	-24
86	Dereck Rodriguez	118	6	37	89	2.81	1.13	0	0	$4	$3	-$1	66	86	-20
87	Alex Wood	152	9	62	135	3.68	1.21	0	1	$2	$3	$0	83	87	-4
88	Hyun Jin Ryu	82.3	7	18	89	1.97	1.01	0	0	$6	$2	-$3	53	88	-35
89	Reynaldo Lopez	189	7	82	151	3.91	1.27	0	0	-$1	$2	$3	126	89	37
90	Richard Rodriguez	69.3	4	19	88	2.47	1.07	0	15	$1	$2	$2	99	90	9
91	Joakim Soria	60.7	3	21	75	3.12	1.14	16	13	$2	$2	$1	89	91	-2
92	Mike Minor	157	12	73	132	4.18	1.12	0	0	$3	$2	-$1	74	92	-18
93	Matthew Boyd	170	9	83	159	4.39	1.16	0	0	$1	$2	$1	98	93	5
94	Jeurys Familia	72	8	25	83	3.13	1.22	18	7	$4	$2	-$2	63	94	-31
95	Brad Keller	140	9	48	96	3.08	1.30	0	5	$1	$2	$1	108	95	13
96	Marco Gonzales	167	13	74	145	4.00	1.22	0	0	$2	$2	$0	85	96	-11
97	Chase Anderson	158	9	69	128	3.93	1.19	0	0	$1	$2	$1	95	97	-2
98	Stephen Strasburg	130	10	54	156	3.74	1.20	0	0	$3	$1	-$2	75	98	-23
99	David Hernandez	64	5	18	65	2.53	0.98	0	15	$0	$1	$1	112	99	13
100	Chaz Roe	50.3	1	20	53	3.58	1.01	1	31	-$6	$1	$7	201	100	101
101	Will Smith	53	2	15	71	2.55	0.98	14	6	$3	$1	-$2	78	101	-23
102	Sam Dyson	70.3	4	21	56	2.69	1.08	3	15	-$1	$1	$2	120	102	18
103	Kenta Maeda	125	8	53	153	3.81	1.26	2	5	$1	$1	$1	105	103	2
104	Lance McCullers	128	10	55	142	3.86	1.17	0	1	$2	$1	-$1	81	104	-23
105	Luis Castillo	170	10	81	165	4.30	1.22	0	0	$0	$1	$1	114	105	9
106	Kevin Gausman	184	10	80	148	3.92	1.30	0	0	-$1	$1	$2	129	106	23
107	Keone Kela	52	3	19	66	3.29	1.10	24	4	$3	$1	-$3	68	107	-39
108	Steven Matz	154	5	68	152	3.97	1.25	0	0	-$1	$1	$2	132	108	24
109	Carlos Martinez	119	8	41	117	3.11	1.35	5	3	$1	$0	-$1	96	109	-13
110	Madison Bumgarner	130	6	47	109	3.26	1.24	0	0	$0	$0	$0	110	110	0
111	Reyes Moronta	65	5	18	79	2.49	1.09	1	12	$0	$0	$0	113	111	2
112	Kyle Crick	60.3	3	16	65	2.39	1.13	2	16	-$2	$0	$2	135	112	23
113	Sergio Romo	67.3	3	31	75	4.14	1.26	25	8	$1	$0	-$1	101	113	-12
114	Jordan Hicks	77.7	3	31	70	3.59	1.34	6	24	-$5	$0	$6	198	114	84
115	Corey Knebel	55.3	4	22	88	3.58	1.08	16	7	$2	$0	-$2	86	115	-29
116	Scott Oberg	58.7	8	16	57	2.45	0.97	0	14	$1	$0	-$1	102	116	-14
117	Jake Arrieta	173	10	76	138	3.96	1.29	0	0	-$1	$0	$1	131	117	14
118	Tyler Clippard	68.7	4	28	85	3.67	1.17	7	15	-$2	$0	$2	137	118	19
119	CC Sabathia	153	9	62	140	3.65	1.31	0	0	-$1	$0	$0	119	119	0
120	Matt Strahm	61.3	3	14	69	2.05	0.98	0	7	$1	$0	-$1	103	120	-17
121	Mychal Givens	76.7	0	34	79	3.99	1.19	9	15	-$4	$0	$4	168	121	47
122	Bud Norris	57.7	3	23	67	3.59	1.25	28	2	$3	$0	-$3	79	122	-43
123	Matt Barnes	61.7	6	25	96	3.65	1.26	0	25	-$4	-$1	$4	178	123	55
124	Sean Newcomb	164	12	71	160	3.90	1.33	0	0	-$1	-$1	$0	118	124	-6
125	A.J. Minter	61.3	4	22	69	3.23	1.29	15	12	-$1	-$1	$0	122	125	-3
126	Jose Quintana	174	13	78	158	4.03	1.32	0	0	-$1	-$1	$0	125	126	-1
127	Dan Winkler	60.3	4	23	69	3.43	1.19	2	23	-$4	-$1	$4	181	127	54
128	Edgar Santana	66.3	3	24	54	3.26	1.10	0	20	-$4	-$1	$4	176	128	48
129	Ryan Tepera	64.7	5	26	68	3.62	1.22	7	19	-$3	-$1	$2	154	129	25
130	Jakob Junis	177	9	86	164	4.37	1.27	0	0	-$3	-$1	$2	149	130	19
131	Fernando Rodney	64.3	4	24	70	3.36	1.46	25	7	$0	-$1	-$1	111	131	-20
132	Eduardo Rodriguez	130	13	55	146	3.82	1.26	0	0	$1	-$1	-$2	92	132	-40
133	Tommy Hunter	64	5	27	51	3.80	1.25	4	25	-$6	-$1	$4	206	133	73
134	Brad Ziegler	73.7	2	32	50	3.91	1.30	10	20	-$6	-$2	$4	210	134	76
135	Jaime Barria	129	10	49	98	3.41	1.27	0	0	$0	-$2	-$1	115	135	-20
136	Blake Parker	66.3	2	24	70	3.26	1.24	14	6	-$1	-$2	-$1	128	136	-8
137	Carl Edwards	52	3	15	67	2.60	1.31	0	23	-$5	-$2	$4	196	137	59
138	Tanner Roark	180	9	87	146	4.34	1.28	0	0	-$4	-$2	$2	164	138	26
139	Jose Alvarez	63	6	19	59	2.71	1.16	1	14	-$2	-$2	$1	139	139	0
140	Nathan Eovaldi	111	6	47	101	3.81	1.13	0	0	-$1	-$2	-$1	123	140	-17
141	Ryne Stanek	66.3	2	22	81	2.98	1.09	0	9	-$2	-$2	$1	143	141	2
142	Joe Jimenez	62.7	5	30	78	4.31	1.20	3	23	-$5	-$2	$4	199	142	57
143	Robert Gsellman	80	6	38	70	4.28	1.30	13	15	-$4	-$2	$2	158	143	15
144	Ryan Yarbrough	147	16	64	128	3.91	1.29	0	0	$1	-$2	-$2	107	144	-37
145	Cody Allen	67	4	35	80	4.70	1.36	27	7	-$1	-$2	-$1	127	145	-18
146	Hector Rondon	59	2	21	67	3.20	1.32	15	9	-$2	-$2	$0	138	146	-8
147	Roberto Osuna	38	2	10	32	2.37	0.97	21	2	$2	-$2	-$4	90	147	-57
148	Tyler Anderson	176	7	89	164	4.55	1.27	0	0	-$5	-$2	$3	184	148	36
149	Brad Peacock	65	3	25	96	3.46	1.17	3	10	-$3	-$2	$0	148	149	-1
150	Drew Steckenrider	64.7	4	28	74	3.90	1.27	5	19	-$5	-$2	$3	189	150	39

This time let's sort on earnings difference to see the pitchers hurt the most by the new categories. Not unexpectedly, it's the closers with some of the top saves totals. Looking at Edwin Diaz is a good reminder of one of the quirks of valuation. He earned $4 less but was only one ranking spot lower since the delta between adjacent player earnings at the top is much larger than it is later. For example, Roberto Osuna also lost $4, but because he was ranked much lower, he dropped 57 places.

2017

	Player	IP	W	ER	K	ERA		SV	HO	Reg	New	Diff $	Reg	New	Diff Rank
1	Corey Kluber	204	18	51	265	2.25	0.87	0	0	$41	$43	$2	1	1	0
2	Max Scherzer	201	16	56	268	2.51	0.90	0	0	$37	$39	$2	2	2	0
3	Chris Sale	214	17	69	308	2.90	0.97	0	0	$35	$38	$3	3	3	0
4	Clayton Kershaw	175	18	45	202	2.31	0.95	0	0	$30	$30	$0	4	4	0
5	Luis Severino	193	14	64	230	2.98	1.04	0	0	$25	$27	$2	6	5	1
6	Stephen Strasburg	175	15	49	204	2.52	1.02	0	0	$26	$26	$1	5	6	-1
7	Zack Greinke	202	17	72	214	3.20	1.07	0	0	$23	$24	$2	9	7	2
8	Carlos Carrasco	200	18	73	226	3.29	1.10	0	0	$22	$23	$1	10	8	2
9	Gio Gonzalez	201	15	66	188	2.96	1.18	0	0	$18	$21	$2	11	9	2
10	Ervin Santana	211	16	77	167	3.28	1.13	0	0	$18	$21	$3	14	10	4
11	Justin Verlander	206	15	77	219	3.36	1.17	0	0	$17	$20	$3	15	11	4
12	Jacob deGrom	201	15	79	239	3.53	1.19	0	0	$16	$19	$2	17	12	5
13	Robbie Ray	162	15	52	218	2.89	1.15	0	0	$18	$18	$0	12	13	-1
14	Chad Green	69	5	14	103	1.83	0.74	0	9	$9	$18	$9	40	14	26
15	Alex Wood	152	16	46	151	2.72	1.06	0	1	$18	$17	-$1	13	15	-2
16	Carlos Martinez	205	12	83	217	3.64	1.22	0	0	$12	$16	$4	25	16	9
17	Brad Hand	79.3	3	19	104	2.16	0.93	21	16	$14	$15	$2	20	17	3
18	Craig Kimbrel	69	5	11	126	1.43	0.68	35	1	$23	$15	-$8	8	18	-10
19	Blake Parker	67.3	3	19	86	2.54	0.83	8	15	$7	$15	$8	55	19	36
20	Yu Darvish	187	10	80	209	3.86	1.16	0	0	$11	$14	$3	30	20	10
21	Marcus Stroman	201	13	69	164	3.09	1.31	0	0	$10	$13	$3	32	21	11
22	Mike Minor	77.7	6	22	88	2.55	1.02	6	17	$6	$13	$7	61	22	39
23	Chase Anderson	141	12	43	133	2.74	1.09	0	0	$14	$13	$0	21	23	-2
24	Jeff Samardzija	208	9	102	205	4.42	1.14	0	0	$8	$12	$5	48	24	24
25	Dallas Keuchel	146	14	47	125	2.90	1.12	0	0	$13	$12	$0	24	25	-1
26	Chris Archer	201	10	91	249	4.07	1.26	0	0	$8	$12	$4	44	26	18
27	Pat Neshek	62.3	5	11	69	1.59	0.87	1	23	$6	$12	$6	64	27	37
28	James Paxton	136	12	45	156	2.98	1.10	0	0	$13	$12	-$1	23	28	-5
29	Zack Godley	155	8	58	165	3.37	1.14	0	0	$10	$12	$2	35	29	6
30	Jimmy Nelson	175	12	68	199	3.49	1.25	0	0	$10	$12	$2	34	30	4
31	Lance Lynn	186	11	71	153	3.43	1.23	0	0	$9	$12	$3	42	31	11
32	Aaron Nola	168	12	66	184	3.54	1.21	0	0	$10	$11	$1	36	32	4
33	Rich Hill	136	12	50	166	3.32	1.09	0	0	$12	$11	-$1	27	33	-6
34	Kenley Jansen	68.3	5	10	109	1.32	0.75	41	1	$24	$10	-$14	7	34	-27
35	Corey Knebel	76	1	15	126	1.78	1.16	39	11	$17	$10	-$7	16	35	-19
36	Yusmeiro Petit	91.3	5	28	101	2.76	0.95	4	15	$8	$10	$2	47	36	11
37	Tommy Kahnle	62.7	2	18	96	2.59	1.12	0	15	$0	$10	$10	111	37	74
38	Jake Arrieta	168	14	66	163	3.53	1.22	0	0	$9	$10	$0	39	38	1
39	Carl Edwards	66.3	5	22	94	2.98	1.01	0	25	$2	$10	$8	93	39	54
40	Ryan Madson	59	5	12	67	1.83	0.80	2	25	$5	$10	$4	67	40	27
41	Jose Quintana	189	11	87	207	4.15	1.22	0	0	$7	$10	$3	57	41	16
42	Matt Albers	61	7	11	63	1.62	0.85	2	14	$6	$9	$3	62	42	20
43	Brad Peacock	132	13	44	161	3.00	1.19	0	0	$11	$9	-$1	31	43	-12
44	Sonny Gray	162	10	64	153	3.55	1.21	0	0	$7	$9	$1	50	44	6
45	Addison Reed	76	2	24	76	2.84	1.05	19	15	$7	$9	$2	54	45	9
46	Gerrit Cole	203	12	96	196	4.26	1.25	0	0	$5	$8	$3	68	46	22
47	Alex Cobb	179	12	73	128	3.66	1.22	0	0	$6	$8	$2	59	47	12
48	Kyle Hendricks	140	7	47	123	3.03	1.19	0	0	$7	$8	$1	53	48	5
49	Andrew Miller	62.7	4	10	95	1.44	0.83	2	27	$8	$8	$0	49	49	0
50	Drew Pomeranz	174	17	64	174	3.32	1.35	0	0	$8	$8	$0	45	50	-5
51	Charlie Morton	147	14	59	163	3.62	1.19	0	0	$8	$8	-$1	43	51	-8
52	Nick Vincent	64.7	3	23	50	3.20	1.16	0	29	-$4	$7	$11	171	52	119
53	Michael Fulmer	165	10	70	114	3.83	1.15	0	0	$5	$7	$2	66	53	13
54	Ryan Buchter	65.3	4	21	65	2.89	1.07	1	20	$0	$6	$7	117	54	63
55	Archie Bradley	73	3	14	79	1.73	1.04	1	25	$5	$6	$2	73	55	18
56	Jhoulys Chacin	180	13	78	153	3.89	1.27	0	0	$5	$6	$2	69	56	13
57	David Robertson	68.3	9	14	98	1.84	0.85	14	8	$13	$6	-$7	22	57	-35
58	Felipe Vazquez	75.3	5	14	88	1.67	0.89	21	14	$15	$6	-$9	18	58	-40
59	Dylan Bundy	170	13	80	152	4.24	1.20	0	0	$5	$5	$1	72	59	13
60	Mike Clevinger	122	12	42	137	3.11	1.25	0	0	$6	$5	-$1	60	60	0
61	Mike Leake	186	10	81	130	3.92	1.28	0	0	$2	$5	$3	90	61	29
62	Jordan Montgomery	155	9	67	144	3.88	1.23	0	0	$4	$5	$1	80	62	18
63	Tyler Lyons	54	4	17	68	2.83	1.09	3	15	-$1	$5	$5	122	63	59
64	Taijuan Walker	157	9	61	146	3.49	1.33	0	0	$3	$5	$1	84	64	20
65	Darren O'Day	60.3	2	23	76	3.43	1.08	2	17	-$2	$4	$6	134	65	69
66	Madison Bumgarner	111	4	41	101	3.32	1.09	0	0	$4	$4	$0	79	66	13
67	Cory Gearrin	68	4	15	64	1.99	1.25	0	8	$0	$4	$4	118	67	51
68	Mychal Givens	78.7	8	24	88	2.75	1.04	0	21	$4	$4	$0	75	68	7
69	Chris Devenski	80.7	8	24	100	2.68	0.94	4	25	$8	$4	-$4	46	69	-23
70	Jose Berrios	146	14	63	139	3.89	1.23	0	0	$5	$4	-$1	70	70	0
71	Jose Urena	170	14	72	113	3.82	1.27	0	0	$3	$4	$1	83	71	12
72	Dan Straily	182	10	86	170	4.26	1.30	0	0	$1	$4	$3	103	72	31
73	Ivan Nova	187	11	86	131	4.14	1.28	0	0	$1	$4	$3	102	73	29
74	Mike Montgomery	131	7	49	100	3.38	1.21	3	1	$4	$4	$0	77	74	3
75	Hector Neris	74.7	4	25	86	3.01	1.26	26	4	$7	$4	-$3	56	75	-19
76	J.A. Happ	145	10	57	142	3.53	1.31	0	0	$3	$3	$0	85	76	9
77	Blake Treinen	75.7	3	33	74	3.93	1.39	16	10	-$2	$3	$5	133	77	56
78	Masahiro Tanaka	178	13	94	194	4.74	1.24	0	0	$2	$3	$1	91	78	13
79	Luis Garcia	71.3	2	21	60	2.65	1.22	2	14	-$2	$3	$5	130	79	51
80	Ryan Pressly	61.3	2	32	61	4.70	1.16	0	6	-$7	$3	$10	246	80	166
81	Cody Allen	67.3	3	22	92	2.94	1.16	30	4	$9	$3	-$6	41	81	-40
82	Andrew Cashner	167	11	63	86	3.40	1.32	0	0	$2	$3	$1	92	82	10
83	Richard Bleier	63.3	2	14	26	1.99	1.18	0	3	-$3	$3	$6	152	83	69
84	Trevor Bauer	176	17	82	196	4.19	1.37	0	0	$3	$3	$0	86	84	2
85	Alex Claudio	82.7	4	23	56	2.50	1.04	11	8	$6	$3	-$3	63	85	-22
86	Danny Duffy	146	9	62	130	3.81	1.26	0	0	$2	$3	$1	89	86	3
87	CC Sabathia	149	14	61	120	3.69	1.27	0	0	$4	$3	-$1	78	87	-9
88	Kenta Maeda	134	13	63	140	4.22	1.15	1	0	$5	$3	-$2	71	88	-17
89	Jon Lester	181	13	87	180	4.33	1.32	0	0	$1	$3	$2	100	89	11
90	Randall Delgado	62.7	1	25	60	3.59	1.18	1	2	-$5	$3	$8	196	90	106
91	Zach Davies	191	17	83	124	3.90	1.35	0	0	$2	$3	$1	96	91	5
92	Anthony Swarzak	77.3	6	20	91	2.33	1.03	2	27	$5	$3	-$3	65	92	-27
93	Brett Cecil	67.3	2	29	66	3.88	1.23	1	14	-$5	$3	$8	206	93	113
94	Luis Castillo	89.3	3	31	98	3.12	1.07	0	0	$2	$2	$0	88	94	-6
95	Jacob Barnes	72	3	32	80	4.00	1.25	2	25	-$4	$2	$7	188	95	93
96	Patrick Corbin	190	14	85	178	4.03	1.42	0	0	$0	$2	$2	112	96	16
97	Sergio Romo	55.7	3	22	59	3.56	1.10	0	11	-$4	$2	$6	175	97	78
98	Cole Hamels	148	11	69	105	4.20	1.20	0	0	$1	$1	$0	104	98	6
99	Jason Vargas	180	18	83	134	4.16	1.33	0	0	$2	$1	$0	97	99	-2
100	Chase Whitley	57.3	2	26	43	4.08	1.12	2	7	-$6	$1	$7	212	100	112
101	Ken Giles	62.7	1	16	83	2.30	1.04	34	2	$12	$1	-$11	26	101	-75
102	Chris Rusin	85	5	25	71	2.65	1.11	2	12	$3	$1	-$2	87	102	-15
103	Jake Odorizzi	143	10	66	127	4.14	1.24	0	0	$1	$1	$0	105	103	2
104	Arodys Vizcaino	57.3	5	18	64	2.83	1.10	14	17	$3	$1	-$2	82	104	-22
105	Michael Wacha	166	12	76	158	4.13	1.36	0	0	$0	$1	$1	116	105	11
106	Raisel Iglesias	76	3	21	92	2.49	1.11	28	0	$11	$1	-$10	28	106	-78
107	Matt Barnes	69.7	7	30	83	3.88	1.22	1	21	-$2	$1	$3	148	107	41
108	Shane Greene	67.7	4	20	73	2.66	1.24	9	14	$1	$1	-$1	99	108	-9
109	Eduardo Rodriguez	137	6	64	150	4.19	1.28	0	0	-$1	$0	$1	123	109	14
110	Jose Torres	68.3	7	32	63	4.21	1.16	1	3	-$4	$0	$4	169	110	59
111	Brad Brach	68	4	24	70	3.18	1.13	18	9	$4	$0	-$4	74	111	-37
112	John Lackey	171	12	87	149	4.59	1.28	0	0	-$1	$0	$1	124	112	12
113	Sam Freeman	60	2	17	59	2.55	1.25	0	12	-$3	$0	$4	166	113	53
114	Jared Hughes	59.7	5	20	48	3.02	1.22	1	12	-$3	$0	$4	167	114	53
115	Dominic Leone	70.3	3	20	81	2.56	1.05	1	11	$2	$0	-$2	94	115	-21
116	Alex Colome	66.7	2	24	58	3.24	1.20	47	1	$11	$0	-$11	29	116	-87
117	George Kontos	66.3	1	25	70	3.39	1.22	1	11	-$4	$0	$4	178	117	61
118	Zach McAllister	62	2	18	66	2.61	1.19	0	3	-$2	$0	$2	147	118	29
119	Luke Weaver	60.3	7	26	72	3.88	1.26	0	0	-$4	$0	$4	180	119	61
120	Erasmo Ramirez	131	5	64	109	4.39	1.17	1	7	-$1	$0	$1	127	120	7
121	R.A. Dickey	190	10	90	136	4.26	1.37	0	0	-$3	$0	$3	163	121	42
122	Jose Ramirez	62	2	22	56	3.19	1.19	0	27	-$4	$0	$4	182	122	60
123	Hunter Strickland	61.3	4	18	58	2.64	1.43	1	21	-$5	$0	$5	192	123	69
124	Parker Bridwell	121	10	49	73	3.64	1.20	0	0	$1	$0	-$1	101	124	-23
125	Dan Otero	60	3	19	38	2.85	1.20	0	2	-$4	$0	$4	181	125	56
126	Kirby Yates	56.7	4	25	88	3.97	1.11	1	20	-$3	$0	$3	154	126	28
127	Trevor Williams	150	7	68	117	4.07	1.31	0	0	-$2	$0	$2	141	127	14
128	Juan Nicasio	72.3	5	21	72	2.61	1.08	6	22	$3	$0	-$4	81	128	-47
129	Tanner Roark	181	13	94	166	4.67	1.33	0	0	-$2	-$1	$2	144	129	15
130	Collin McHugh	63.3	5	25	62	3.55	1.29	0	0	-$5	-$1	$4	199	130	69
131	Julio Teheran	188	11	94	151	4.49	1.37	0	0	-$4	-$1	$3	172	131	41
132	Adam Warren	57.3	3	15	54	2.35	0.87	1	11	$1	-$1	-$3	98	132	-34
133	Roberto Osuna	64	3	24	83	3.38	0.86	39	0	$14	-$1	-$15	19	133	-114
134	Rick Porcello	203	11	105	181	4.65	1.40	0	0	-$5	-$1	$4	194	134	60
135	Justin Wilson	58	4	22	80	3.41	1.29	13	9	$0	-$1	-$1	115	135	-20
136	Wade Davis	58.7	4	15	79	2.30	1.14	32	0	$10	-$1	-$12	33	136	-103
137	Heath Hembree	62	2	25	70	3.63	1.45	0	14	-$8	-$1	$6	259	137	122
138	Brian Duensing	62.3	1	19	61	2.74	1.22	0	13	-$3	-$1	$2	168	138	30
139	Jon Gray	110	10	45	112	3.67	1.30	0	0	$0	-$2	-$2	110	139	-29
140	Lance McCullers	119	7	56	132	4.25	1.30	0	0	-$2	-$2	$1	143	140	3
141	Tony Watson	66.7	7	25	53	3.38	1.38	10	14	-$2	-$2	$0	138	141	-3
142	Paul Sewald	65.3	0	33	69	4.55	1.21	0	13	-$8	-$2	$6	261	142	119
143	Dellin Betances	59.7	3	19	100	2.87	1.22	10	19	$2	-$2	-$3	95	143	-48
144	Tommy Hunter	58.7	3	17	64	2.61	0.97	1	26	$0	-$2	-$2	109	144	-35
145	Craig Stammen	80.3	2	28	74	3.14	1.20	0	11	-$2	-$2	$0	137	145	-8
146	Nick Goody	54.7	1	17	72	2.80	1.08	0	6	-$2	-$2	$0	145	146	-1
147	Wade LeBlanc	68	5	34	54	4.50	1.19	1	4	-$6	-$2	$4	219	147	72
148	Matt Belisle	60.3	2	27	54	4.03	1.16	9	17	-$3	-$2	$1	161	148	13
149	Santiago Casilla	59	4	28	57	4.27	1.36	16	4	-$3	-$2	$1	156	149	7
150	Hyun Jin Ryu	127	5	53	116	3.77	1.37	1	0	-$3	-$2	$1	151	150	1

Looking at the 2017 data in general, the disparity between the top number of saves and the top number of holds has been decreasing, though 2020 is obviously a skewed data point. The issue is a player's earnings also includes ratios, and the top holds guys in 2017 had better ratios than their 2019 counterparts. As such, the narrative that holds guys are more valuable in 2021 than 2017 is still more intuitive than provable, though it could be investigated by eliminating ratios from the calculation. The problem there is economics are driving bullpen composition, such that lesser teams don't want to pay for quality relievers. The top teams now have uber-bullpens while the non-competitive clubs have lower-quality relievers notching saves.

Hmm, the wheels are spinning, taking me on some tangential studies, considering whether holds follow saves in being correlated to wins. Best I leave these for another time and circle back to the topic at hand.

The elegance of presenting the data in this manner is everyone can look at it how they want, and thus develop a game plan based on their findings and interpretation. I'll be honest, if I was drafting in a league with innings and saves plus holds, I don't think I'd change much. At least, I wouldn't do anything extreme. I'd bump up good pitchers on lesser teams, but so would you. The only thing close to a major change would be to focus more on relievers with strong ratios and let the saves and holds fall where they may. The issue here is reliever ratios are subject to a lot of variance since there may not be ample innings in a season to absorb a complete blowup. If a reliever gives up four runs in two-thirds of an inning, his ERA never recovers, whereas a starter can still salvage his numbers. Specifically, an extra four runs in 70 innings is over half a run of ERA, while four runs over 180 frames is a more palatable 0.2 difference.

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