[Jack of Arcades]

Re: Shawn Chacon. Shawn Chacon is probably the best counterexample to all the closer nonsense. He was a terrible pitcher, but he was still able to close out plenty of situations (he converted 35/44 saves). Today, a closer's job isn't to post a 0.82 ERA or whatever, but it's to not blow ballgames. Chacon, even with an abysmal ERA, turned in a decent performance on that regard.

That's not to say you don't want Mo out there in the most important situations. You obviously do. But to shell out 9 mil a year to closers is pretty ridiculous, IMO.