May 19, 200520 yr http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4049 B is for Bad: There are a lot of ways to kill a team, at least one for every letter of the alphabet. For the Cubs, the most lethal letter has been B, as in bullpen. Let's take a look at the Cubs' WXRL tallies so far this season: Pitcher GR IP WXRL Mike Remlinger 15 11.7 .534 Todd Wellemeyer 7 9.0 .346 Glendon Rusch 11 15.3 .293 Chad Fox 11 8.0 .252 Michael Wuertz 20 19.3 .231 Will Ohman 9 6.0 .220 Cliff Bartosh 10 12.7 -.115 Roberto Novoa 5 4.3 -.173 Ryan Dempster 2 3.0 -.191 Jon Leicester 5 6.0 -.216 LaTroy Hawkins 16 15.0 -.633 Total 111 110.3 .548 This is bad--Al Bundy credit card bill bad. Forty-one pitchers have better WXRL numbers than the entire Cubs bullpen. Chief among them is MLB leader Dustin Hermanson whose 2.131 WXRL makes him almost four times as valuable as the entire Cubs bullpen. Now, I don't know what the hell WXRL is but I think it's funny that the stat indicated that Hermanson is worth 4 times the entire Flubs' bullpen. Edited May 19, 200520 yr by Jabroni
May 19, 200520 yr (Win Expectation, adjusted for Replacement-level and Lineup), which is based on the game state context (outs, baserunners, and score margin) in which a pitcher is used and the impact his performance had on a team's chances of winning a game.
May 19, 200520 yr So, qwerty, it's basically a stat that factors in things like pressure (coming in with runners on base, inning, score differential, etc), and how well the reliever did based on the situation?
May 19, 200520 yr He has been awesome. I hope Shingo get back on track... We should use Cliff more, he has been unreal!
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