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Most overlooked active player?
Because the relative newness of Closers in the game I think Craig Kimbrel may be the most overlooked active players.
With talk about Trevor Hoffman going into the HOF soon after a 74% this last voting cycle and Mariano Rivera considered a sure thing it is interesting that possible future HOF Kimbrel gets little notice. I understand he only is in his 8th season, but his stats are impressive. He already has 266 saves. He averages 42 saves per season. His SV:SVO is .911. His batting average against is .156 (not a single season over .185) with a 0.93 WHIP. Compare that to the the future "HOF". Rivera 652 saves over 18 seasons (excluding first season when used as starter) 39 save 162 game avg SV:SVO .891 BAA .211 WHIP 1.00 Hoffman 601 saves over 18 seasons 39 save 162 game avg SV:SVO .888 BAA .211 WHIP 1.06 Even if Kimbrel's saves average goes down to match the 39 saves of Rivera and Hoffman and plays another 10 years he would still retire 4 years earlier than Rivera with more saves. Obviously, as is with any active player, anything can happen to derail the career, but as of now he may be better than the top 2 HOF candidates.
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