@ChiSoxFanMike 1. Do they have to make room? I haven’t checked what their 40 man looks like. If they do, I’d imagine someone else is coming with Gonzalez to fill the 26 and idk who that might be from a position player standpoint, unless they DFA someone not active
Always fun when this happens, but Rule 9.17(c) was invoked here in the @Twins at @Mets game, as Brazoban was deemed brief and ineffective.
To be considered “brief & ineffective”, or B&I, a reliever has to pitch fewer than 1.0 innings (so 0.1 or 0.2) and allow two or more earned runs, inherited or otherwise, OR pitch exactly 1.0 innings and allow four or more earned runs inherited or otherwise.
A note on that as the “earned” just means that reliever doesn’t get the benefit of any previous errors.
Tonight, Brazoban entered with two outs in the eighth in relief of Craig Kimbrel with the bases loaded. Facing Ryan Jeffers, he allowed a grand slam to tie the game 7-7.
He then retired Kody Clemens. The Mets scored three in the bottom of the eighth to take a 10-7 lead.
Brazoban starts the ninth and gets an out before getting pulled. Devin Williams entered and goes K, single, indifference, RBI single, double, ground out to end the game.
Now, part of the rule is this: “a pitcher whose outing meets said criteria (B&I) cannot be credited with the win, provided there is at least one more effective reliever that followed.”
While it feels like Devin Williams was brief and ineffective, he technically isn’t because he only allowed the one run to score, while Brazoban allowed four (three inherited).
Because of that, this fulfilled rule 9.17(c), meaning Brazoban gets just a blown save, and Devin Williams gets a win and not a save. Fantasy owners should have a field day lol, and amusingly even when the Mets win, it’s gotta be weird.
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