Jabroni Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 (edited) 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, 2005 by Jabroni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 (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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 thats f***in awesome! gotta tip your hat to KW this postseason... amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonWeltall Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSGuy406 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafacosta Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 He has been awesome. I hope Shingo get back on track... We should use Cliff more, he has been unreal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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