SV (Saves)
The save rewards finishing a close win. Its exact definition is generous — a three-run lead in the ninth is converted more than 95 percent of the time — which is why save totals track opportunity as much as quality.
A closer on a good team gets 40 chances; an equally good reliever on a bad team gets 15, and a better reliever used in the seventh inning of tie games may get none. The stat measures the role, not the arm.
Because NUT is a counting stat, even an elite closer will trail starters on the season board: 65 innings cannot out-produce 190. Read a reliever’s NUT against other relievers, and use the rate stats to judge the quality of the innings.
What is a good SV?
Saves are not in NUT. A closer’s NUT comes from the same strikeouts, walks, and home runs as every other pitcher’s, spread over far fewer innings.
How NUT Score works →