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Originally Posted by packs
I took the years 1996 through 2003, the first 8 years of Mariano's career as a relief pitcher. His war was 26.0. Even if you cut out 2003 because it was a full season and Kimbrel's in the midst of a full season, Rivera's war was still 22.4, considerably higher than Kimbrel's and during the height of the steroid era.
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Again Kimbrel hasn't played 8 years. He hasn't finished this season, and didn't break RC status in 2010.
Mariano was not a full time closer in 1996, he was a setup man. He had 107 innings that year and only had 8svo. Closer WARs are always lower, it doesn't favor part time pitchers. So you can't use that season to compare to a closer.
I gave you the most comparable stats I could. The first 6 full seasons of closer duty for both pitchers.