Mariano Rivera is awesome, but he’s even better in the playoffs. His postseason ERA is .77, a fraction of his all-time career ERA. You might have known this. But did you know this?
Mariano Rivera: Much More Awesome In The Postseason
↵↵In just six of his 84 postseason appearances has he had a net negative win probability added, which in plainer terms means that in 78 of his 84 appearances he’s increased the Yankees’ chance of winning the game.
↵↵Pitching against extremely talented playoff teams in high-leverage situations, Mariano Rivera fails extremely infrequently. Worship at the altar of the machine-like being that is Mariano. (That metaphor wasn’t even coherent enough to be mixed. But you know what I mean.)
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