Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza

Episode 101 of Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza with Evan Thompson. Filmed February 15, 2025. Discusses the creation of and philosophy behind the Scoreless Outing Percentage (ScOtg%, or Scope) and the True Scoreless Outing Percentage (TScOtg%, TScope), a better method than ERA for measuring run prevention by relievers. Analysis provided by Evan Thompson, Editor-in-Chief and National Writer at Sport Relay. https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z This video was created with Corel VideoStudio.

Episode 102 of Reliever Roundup and Bullpen Bonanza with Evan Thompson. Filmed February 15, 2025. Discusses why Goose Eggs/Broken Eggs/Mehs do a better job measuring late-inning clutch relief prowess than the flawed save/hold/blown save. Analysis provided by Evan Thompson, Editor-in-Chief & National Writer at Sport Relay, and developer of the Scoreless Outing Percentage (ScOtg%) statistic. Here is the article where Goose Eggs were first mentioned by Nate Silver: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/goose-egg-new-save-stat-relief-pitchers/ Visit Sport Relay! https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z This video was created with Corel VideoStudio.

Evan Thompson, Editor-in-Chief and National Writer at Sport Relay, explains in an informal and conversational manner the statistics used in Sport Relay's relief pitching analysis and the rankings formula for Sport Relay's Team and Individual Reliever Power Rankings. https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:16 Our Philosophy 01:24 Our Rating System 01:52 The Clutch Category, A Breakdown 02:13 Why Goose Eggs Instead of Saves 03:39 The Goose Egg 04:47 The Broken Egg 05:15 The Meh 05:27 A Disclaimer 05:49 The Run Prevention Category, A Breakdown 06:13 Why Scoreless Pct over ERA 08:03 Fans Tend to Only Notice When a Reliever Gives Up Runs 09:09 Inherited Runners Scored Pct 12:45 Why ERA-minus Is Included 13:26 The Baserunner Prevention Category, A Breakdown 13:39 WHIP 14:27 Home Run Pct 15:00 The Command Category, a Breakdown 16:14 Individual Power Rankings 16:39 Scoring Middle Relievers 17:07 Thanks for watching!

Evan Thompson takes us through the week in relief pitching around Major League Baseball. We will see Week 4 Team and Individual Relief Rankings as well as visit with Martin Gallegos, Athletics Beat Writer for MLB.com. For an explanation of the relief stats and rankings, click here: https://rumble.com/v6xfp8u-reliever-roundup-and-bullpen-bonanza-stats-and-rankings-explained-reshoot.html https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z Chapters 00:00 Teaser 01:19 Intro 01:41 Top stories 02:47 Weird Game 06:43 Individual Stat Leaders 08:37 Team Power Rankings Scoring Methods 09:05 Team Power Rankings 13:10 Team Stat Leaders 14:06 Special Guest Martin Gallegos 28:28 Individual Power Rankings Top Fives 34:45 Outro

In this installment of Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, Evan Thompson — Editor-in-chief, National Writer, and Athletics Writer at Sport Relay — goes over the week in relief pitching news (April 25 to April 30); reveals the monthly team & individual relief awards for March & April; releases the latest Power Rankings for teams, middle relievers, setup men, and closers; and talks about the Guardians relief corps with our special guest, Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com. Our ranking methods explained: https://rumble.com/v6xfp8u-reliever-roundup-and-bullpen-bonanza-stats-and-rankings-explained-reshoot.html https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z Chapters 00:00 Teaser 01:25 Intro 01:59 Top stories 06:04 Individual Stat Leaders 07:43 March & April Award Winners 11:27 Team Power Rankings Scoring Methods 13:22 Team Power Rankings 19:17 Team Stat Leaders 20:16 Special Guest Anthony Castrovince 32:26 Individual Power Rankings Top Fives 37:18 Outro

In this installment of Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, Evan Thompson — Editor-in-chief, National Writer, and Athletics Writer at Sport Relay — goes over the week in relief pitching news (May 1 to May 7); gives some injury updates; releases the latest Power Rankings for teams, middle relievers, setup men, and closers; and discusses the Diamondbacks relief woes (and, for a bit, the Mets relief successes) with special guest Jose Romero of the Arizona Republic. https://rumble.com/v6xfp8u-reliever-roundup-and-bullpen-bonanza-stats-and-rankings-explained-reshoot.html https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z Chapters 00:00 Teaser 01:24 Intro 01:56 Top stories 06:58 Individual Stat Leaders 08:33 Team Power Rankings Scoring Methods 09:36 Team Power Rankings 15:27 Team Stat Leaders 16:47 Special Guest Jose Romero 30:06 Individual Power Rankings Top Fives 35:45 Outro

In this installment of Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, Evan Thompson — Editor-in-chief, National Writer, and Athletics Writer at Sport Relay — goes over the week in relief pitching news (May 8 to May 14); gives some injury updates; releases the latest Power Rankings for teams, middle relievers, setup men, and closers; and, from the field and the visiting dugout at Dodger Stadium, discusses the Dodgers relief unit with special guest Bill Plunkett, Dodgers beat writer for the Orange County Register. Ranking methods explained: https://rumble.com/v6xfp8u-reliever-roundup-and-bullpen-bonanza-stats-and-rankings-explained-reshoot.html https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z Chapters 00:00 Teaser 01:26 Intro 02:05 Top stories 03:32 Injury Updates 04:38 Individual Stat Leaders 06:39 Team Power Rankings Scoring Methods 07:40 Team Power Rankings 13:11 Team Stat Leaders 14:35 Special Guest Bill Plunkett 21:52 Individual Power Rankings Top Fives 27:03 Outro

In this installment of Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, Evan Thompson — Editor-in-chief, National Writer, and Athletics Writer at Sport Relay — goes through the May relief pitching Awards and the May Power Rankings for teams, middle relievers, setup men, and closers. Ranking methods explained: https://rumble.com/v6xfp8u-reliever-roundup-and-bullpen-bonanza-stats-and-rankings-explained-reshoot.html https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z Chapters 00:00 Teaser 00:49 Intro 01:33 Top stories 02:24 Individual Stat Leaders 04:41 Team Power Rankings Scoring Methods 06:24 Team Power Rankings 11:59 Team May Awards 16:53 Team Stat Leaders 17:44 Individual Power Rankings Leaderboards & Relievers of the Month Awards 27:16 Other Individual Awards 31:24 Outro

In this installment of Reliever Roundup & Bullpen Bonanza, Evan Thompson — Editor-in-chief, National Writer, and Athletics Writer at Sport Relay — goes through the Week 11 Power Rankings for teams, middle relievers, setup men, and closers. Plus, veteran Bay Area baseball writer John Shea of the San Francisco Standard drops by to discuss the Giants' dominant relief corps. Statistics for this episode go up to the end of play on Wednesday, June 11. Ranking methods explained: https://rumble.com/v6xfp8u-reliever-roundup-and-bullpen-bonanza-stats-and-rankings-explained-reshoot.html https://sportrelay.com/mlb/ Order Evan's Books! Volume I: https://a.co/d/0NhADyf Volume II: https://a.co/d/2gi2F2Z Chapters 00:27 Teaser 01:38 Intro 02:11 Father's Day Message and Sly Stone, Brian Wilson Tribute 03:08 Top stories 05:46 Drew Pomeranz Ticker 06:12 Individual Stat Leaders 08:27 Team Power Rankings Scoring Methods 09:20 First Weekly Episode in 3 Weeks 09:48 Week 8 Catch-up 09:58 Week 9 Catch-up 10:08 Week 10 Catch-up 10:18 Weeks 8 9 10 Bar Graphs 10:28 Team Power Rankings Intro 10:58 Team Power Rankings 16:45 Team Stat Leaders 18:05 Special Guest John Shea 47:21 Individual Power Rankings Top 10 Middlemen and Setup Men, Top 5 Closers 54:47 Outro