Here's the final wrap-up for April.  WPA listed here has been taken from every game and added up to provide the year to date total for each player.  In the Batters screen, when a player has multiple WPA amounts, such as starting pitchers batting, their total WPA is displayed next to their names as well.

pLI is the average Leverage Index the player has appeared in.  This measures how important the situation is in a game.  Merkin Valdez, for instance, has a very low pLI as a starter.  His start only lasted two innings, and since the early innings don't affect the game as much as the later innings, his pLI is low.  Brian Wilson, on the other hand, has a very high pLI.  He's been used in mostly late inning, tight game situations where the game is on the line.  With relievers you can see what sort of situations they have been used in.  With other players, you can see how this relates to their WPA.  If their WPA is high, their pLI is high, but their hitting line looks meh, then they were ~~CLUTCH~~.  If the opposite is true, then they were ~~UNCLUTCH~~.  So onto the graphs.

Note: Fred Lewis is 24th in the league.  Bengie Molina is 26th.  Randy Winn is 19th worrst.  Jose Castillo is 34th worst.  Bocock nor Bowker do not qualify, but they would be tied for 4th and 31st respectively.

Note: Tim Lincecum is tied for 9th.  Jonathan Sanchez is 41st.  Barry Zito is 2nd worst.  Only to Matt Morris.

Note: Brian Wilson is tied for 7th.  Tyler Walker is 19th.  Jack Taschner is 41st.  Brad Hennessey is 8th worst.  Erick Threets is 49th worst.

Any surprises?  I believe someone guessed a few days ago Ray Durham was going to be at the bottom.  Well no one took into account how bad Bocock has been I guess.  And this just proves that, yes, Zito does suck.  Another quick comment...boy has Bowker taken a dive.  His first few games pushed him up but lately he has had nothing but bad at bats.

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