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Friday, December 12, 2008

Valuing relievers

By Tangotiger

Dan looked at K-Rod, and so did JC. As I replied on JC’s blog:

In my system, it works out that the Leverage Index to use is roughly halfway between how he should be used and 1. So, a closer, with an expected LI of 2.0, will have an effective leverage, for salary purposes, of 1.5.

(42) Comments • 2009/12/11 • Sabermetrics • Finances • Leverage_Index

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