It happened in the wee hours Eastern Time, but Mariano Rivera closed out the Yankees 3-2 win at Seattle. It was save 600 for Rivera. He's the second member of the 600 save club and is now 1 save from tying Trevor Hoffman's all-time record of 601. Hoffman got a late run last year before he retired to take over the closer duties he lost to reach 600.
Trevor Hoffman was a great closer. In my mind though Rivera is the best closer of all-time, with pretty much no debate. The fact that he closed in a ton of post-season games and was even better than his regular season numbers puts him squarely on top. He's the best post-season closer of all-time, with 5 World Series rings and a bunch of deep playoff runs. In that time he's saved 42 games with a 0.76 ERA. I think he's only blown one World Series save, that being Game 7 of the 2001 World Series against the Diamondbacks. A lot of those saves have been of the 2 inning variety come play off time as well
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