Scoring: wins vs holds vs saves

[nivshah]

Well you’re going to find this really disappointing:

Will Smith (ATL) missing a hold 8/9/2020

I’ve been on our data provider (Sports Info Solutions, who provides stats to FanGraphs) about this issue for 3 days and I finally got to the bottom of it. Holds are not an official stat (despite being on MLB.com), so there are not set rules on how to award a hold that are consistent between stats providers. This is best explained by The Hardball Times: The main remaining technicality that affects how holds are awarded is whether the game is official (i.e., has gone five innings) when a reli…