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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Nervous closers
In one of Studes’ batted ball reports (sub required), he introduced “Nervous Closers”. The concept is remarkably simple:
1. Figure out the Leverage Index (LI) when he comes into the game
2. Figure out if his LI ever goes above his initial LI
That’s it. So, a reliever can get 2 outs, allow a runner on 1B, and then get the 3rd out and not make you nervous. But, that same reliever can start with the runner on 1B and then get 3 outs. He made you nervous.
Studes makes a few adjustments along the way, but that’s the basic idea. He concludes:
No matter how we cut the data, it’s clear that K-Rod likes to make things, um, interesting.
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