Dwarf Grit Report as of 6/05/2008. More significant changes in the last two plus weeks, old closer, new closer, injuries, demotions, promotions, free agent additions.
gmLI 4/28 5/05 5/19 6/05 change Eric Gagne 2.16 2.15 2.02 1.92 -0.10 Guillermo Mota 2.13 1.86 1.81 1.65 -0.16 Salomon Torres 1.51 1.42 1.29 1.43 +0.14 Brian Shouse 1.82 1.57 1.32 1.23 -0.09 Tim Dillard 1.03 Carlos Villanueva 0.95 Seth McClung 1.12 0.94 0.63 0.77 +0.14 Julian Tavarez 0.25 Mark Difelice 0.60 0.21 -0.39 Zach Jackson 0.13 0.17 +0.04 David Riske 1.34 1.21 1.25 Derrick Turnbow 1.03 0.90 Mitch Stetter 1.32 1.13 0.80
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