What does it take to earn a save in major league baseball?
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10.20 Credit a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions:\n\n(1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and\n(2) He is not the winning pitcher; and\n\n(3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions:\n\n\n(a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or\n(b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces); or\n\n(c) He pitches effectively for at least three innings.\n\n\nNo more than one save may be credited in each game.
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They are not required to run to the base, they can try to beat it out.  If the catcher drops the ball or it goes wild on strike three then the player can advance to first.  It is to penalize the catcher and pitcher for not having made the play on the ball (basically if you can't keep control of a slider, breaking ball, or curve ball and it goes wild, the player who also missed the ball with the bat should get a chance at first)
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You get into a league(public is a random league, and private is one with an i.d# and password.)Then with a minimum of 4 teams, you can get a "live draft"(one where everyone shows up and chhoses their players on-line)or a automated draft.(each team pre ranks players and the computer determines the teams.)Then, you can trade players, claim them off the free agency and waivers, and then comes playoffs. The commish for private leagues chooses the playoff format. For public leagues, playoff format and point distributation is default. Whoever wins the playoffs wins the league! Have fun next year with FF!
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I'm a Royals fan and I'll admit that it isn't a long stay in the minors before being called up to the majors in the Royals organization.  \n\nThe road to the majors starts with the draft or getting an invite to the club's spring traning tryouts.  If they sign you, you will be designated for assignment.  This means that they will place you on one of the teams in their organization, ranging from the parent club (MLB) down to low level affiliates such as Class A, Short-Season, or Rookie League.  If you are not signed, you could take an alternate route and play in the independent minor leagues and hope to get noticed.  But basically put, they scout/sign you then you work your way up the system.
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For Major League Baseball, you're gonna have to shell out $15 a month or $80 a season; which gets you every non-local regular season game, and access to your local team after 6am Eastern the next day.\n\nFor college, check on the athletics department website, or NCAA sports.
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WIN:\n(1) Pitcher must pitch at least 5 innings.\n(2) Pitcher must pitch all of next half inning to qualify if team takes lead after 5 innings. (i.e. if home team takes lead in bottom of 6th, the pitcher must get all 3 outs in top 7th in order to win)\n***if not, the pitcher who gets the final out gets the win.***\n\nLOSS:\n(1) When leaving the game, pitcher's team is losing or was responsible for the winning run (as in he left with a man on base)\n\nSAVE:\n(1) The last pitcher to pitch for the winning team, but cannot be the winning pitcher.\n(2) Either enters the game with a lead of no more than three and pitches a full inning or gets the final out with the tying run on base or at the plate or he pitches for the three last innings.\n\nHOLD:\n(1) Relief pitcher enters the game in a save situation, and leaves with the game still in a save situation.
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Greetings from the Yahoo Brain in New York City!  \nHope you're watching the live Answers webcast at http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\n\nA pitcher need not be a closer, nor must it be the ninth inning, to blow a save.\n\nIf a pitcher comes in as a reliever in a save situation, meaning that the tie, winning, or go-ahead run are either on base, at-bat, or on deck, then he is eligible to earn a Blown Save.  If he allows any of those runs to score (even if it's just the run that ties the game), he has blown the save.  If he doesn't and he preserves the lead, he will earn a Hold if he is a middle reliever, and a Save if he closes it out.\n\nIt's important to note that many 7th and 8th inning specialists, who are not in a position to earn a Save, can, however be charged with a Blown Save.  Not fair, but hey, that's life.  Or baseball.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n--J.
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From the official site of the minor leagues:\n\n4) What do Minor League players earn?\n\nMinor League Baseball player contracts are handled by the Major League Baseball office. Here are the salary ranges:\n\nFirst contract season: $1,100/month maximum. After that, open to negotiation\n\nAlien Salary Rates: Different for aliens on visas--mandated by INS (Immigration).\n\nMeal Money: $20 per day at all levels, while on the road
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its VERY rare that a team calls up a player from A ball to the majors, although from time to time players in AA get the call....dontrelle willis from the marlins is a great example of a player who went from AA to the majors with great success.\n\nGenerally, yes, the talent level at AAA is greater than at other levels, although sometimes AAA rosters are filled with several players who are "career" minor leaguers...ones that just dont have the "stuff" to play in the majors.   Often times AA has players with more sheer "talent", but those players just dont yet have enough experience to be able to succeed at the major league level.\n\nteams assign players to the different levels of the minor league system first by experience.  nearly every player starts out in a rookie league or low level A team.  the very best players however will quickly advance thru levels, opften times being promoted twice or more in their first couple of seasons.  promotions after that are based on the players production and talent and the immediate needs of the major league club.\n\nin addtion to teams using the minor leagues to eventually fill their own mlb roster, minor leaguers are very often used in trades.  if you check out the mlb transactions, you will see that a large percentage of teams when trading players will include minor leaguers.  teams often will trade high level mlb talent for another teams "top" minor league prospects.  its always a guessing game as to which team got the better deal...sometimes it takes years to actually and accurately gauge it.\n\nalmost all teams have "good" affialtes.  there are literally hundreds of minor league teams......chances are you are within 30-60 miles of one(not a guarantee, but a good chance)......check it out and go see a game soon......even if you dont like or root for the "parent" team, its fun to watch guys who play the game for next to no money and most oten are more available to the fan base for autographs and such, as compared to their mlb counterparts.....and just think how cool it would be to have watched a youngster in the minors perhaps become a well known major leaguer after a few years.\n\ni hope this cleared up some of your questions.
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It follows the rules for save opportunities. holds occur only when a save is recorded. the relief pitchers that pitched before the closer get holds. when a pitcher comes in relief of a game where you are leading by 3 or less, which is ruled a save opportunity, and you keep that lead for your closer until youre replaced by him you get a hold. if more than one relief pitcher chips in with "holding" the lead, they all get holds. set up men are most likely to get holds.
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According to the official MLB rules book:\n\nSAVES FOR RELIEF PITCHERS \n10.20\nCredit a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions: (1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and (2) He is not the winning pitcher; and (3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions: (a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or (b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces); or (c) He pitches effectively for at least three innings. No more than one save may be credited in each game.
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Roto scoring is almost meaningless until you get about a month into the season. There will always be huge fluctuations like this early in the year.\n\nHere's how Roto works. You are in a twelve team league. You get points based on how your team does in all the categories. If your team has more HRs than any other team, you will get 12 points for HRs. If your team has the second-highest batting average, you will get 11 points for BA. If your team is the worst in RBIs, then you will get 1 point for RBI. Everything is on a 1-12 scale in a 12 team league.\n\nIf your league has 10 categories (5 for hitters and 5 for pitchers, which is fairly standard), then the highest score is 120, or 12 x 10. You need to have a well-rounded team to get the most points in the most categories. That's why a lot of teams will have two or three closers so they can do well in the Saves category. That's also why players like Vlad Guerrero are valuable, because they can help you in BA, R, RBI, HR and SB.\n\nIn other words, even if Rolen hits a homer one day, you might go backwards because the other teams in your league might have BETTER days. But it doesn't matter who is in first right now. The standings are based on everyone's stats for the whole year.
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http://www.mlb.com/rules
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In order to qualify for the award a player must have accumulated, prior to the season under consideration:\n\nFewer than 130 at bats and 50 innings pitched in the major leagues or \nFewer than 45 days on the active rosters of major league clubs (excluding time on the disabled list or any time after rosters are expanded on September 1)
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It means hold. It's when a pitcher comes into a game in a save situation and doesn't blow the save...but leaves before the game ends and doesn't get a save. This is the stat category to "judge" a setup pitcher.
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3 quick tips\n\n1) Keep simple stats on your 1st 3 games(while they're still "gearing up"). At mid season start complimenting  them individually for bringing up their average, RBIs, cutting down on strike-outs etc. Motivate them to get better!\n\n2)Pizza party or ice cream for a "best effort" game - win or lose!\n\n3) If they are coming out flat after a rough loss, challenge them for just 1 or 2 more hits this week than last...and let the kids help motivate themselves.\n\nIt's all for fun, but winning and being recognized for getting better are great motivators
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You need to get experience, usually in the local Little League level or College level.  Then you go to Umpire school, umpire for a number of years in the minors, and if you are good, get promoted to the Major Leagues.