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Message: [QUOTE="Fly Rodder, post: 2727386, member: 2133"] Relievers are volatile and erratic, which makes the greats like Rivera so special. Think of all the lights out closers who string together a couple of really good seasons and writers start to talk about them like Mo only for them to disappear a few seasons later. The Yankees pen is largely made up of Robertson, Chapman, and Betances - three guys who would be a closer for any other team. Other than those three, they acquired Britton who is no longer the pitcher he was for a few seasons in Baltimore. Chad Green will probably a be an afterthought in two seasons. Kahnle was great, briefly. Same with Holder. Billy Beane once said something to the effect of the easiest way to turn a mediocre pitcher into a valuable commodity was to give them the closer's role. Then he would trade them before the shine wore off. [/QUOTE]