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bullpen by gmLI

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