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bullpen by gmLi

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