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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Leverage Index by Save Opportunities

By Tangotiger, 03:44 PM

Cool chart, that shows how a pitcher is used in terms of save opportunities on the x-axis and the leverage index on the y-axis.  The outlier points (top left corner) are the setup guys who come into the game in high-leverage situations, but are not given the chance to close out the game.  Chances are, these are your closers of tomorrow.  Guys in the bottom left corner, well, that’s ALOT of relievers, and that’s where most of them will stay in their careers.

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