Dwarf Grit Report as of 5/19/2008. Lots of significant changes in the last two weeks, new closer, old closer, injuries, demotions, and through it all, Yost preserves bullpen pecking order! Meanwhile the team goes 4-9, and falls from 3rd to 6th place in the NL Central.
gmLI 4/28 5/05 5/19 change Eric Gagne 2.16 2.15 2.02 -0.13 Guillermo Mota 2.13 1.86 1.81 -0.05 Brian Shouse 1.82 1.57 1.32 -0.25 Salomon Torres 1.51 1.42 1.29 -0.13 David Riske 1.34 1.21 1.25 +0.04 Mitch Stetter 1.32 1.13 0.80 -0.33 Seth McClung 1.12 0.94 0.63 -0.49 Mark Difelice 0.60 Zach Jackson 0.13
gmLI: A pitcher’s average LI when he enters the game.
LI (leverage index): A measure of how important a particular situation is in a baseball game depending on the inning, score, outs, and number of players on base, created by Tom Tango.
data and definitions from fangraphs