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Found September 16, 2009 on DRays Bay:
One More Crack at Dissecting Bullpen Usage
TEAMS: Tampa Bay Rays,  Boston Red Sox
PLAYERS: Dan Wheeler,  Grant Balfour
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More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP Browse more photos » Last week I took a look at how the Rays' 2009 high leverage FIP of 4.87 underperformed their season FIP of 4.36 while the average team fares 0.25 better (lower) in high leverage situations. I proposed that this was due to inefficient bullpen management. According to The Book by Tom Tango, pitchers should perform to the same ability regardless of situational...
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