And the winner is Chris Iannetta. Wow go figure. What is WPA...well it stands for win probability added (see http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-one-about-win-probability). To paraphrase...An average team, at any point in a game, has a certain likelihood of winning the game...if a batter or pitcher does something to increase the likelihood of his team winning or losing then that percentage is give to the player. At the end of the game the winning team has +0.5 and the losers -0.5. During a game, what the player does gets points added and subtracted so that at the end of the game one can see who helped or hindered the probability of his team winning. Anyway Iannetta's leads the pack due to his grounder getting muffed at third on 4/3/07 in the bottom of the 9th. I think we can all believe that LaTroy ain't getting it done during the first week. At a whooping -0.7, he has basically lost the Rockies a game and half in the early going. Other thoughts...Taveras and Atkins need to get it going. Starting pitching is doing okay.
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