After that, an 8-1 blowout loss on Saturday and a ninth-inning meltdown for the ages on Sunday. Is there anything positive that we can take from this series? My sources say that yes, there is some good we can take with the bad.
The Skinny
For this series of articles, I use the Wins Probability Added metric (WPA) to help ascertain which players performed better (or worse) in the higher leverage situations. In other words, if the Miami Marlins are winning, 6-0, a plate appearance doesn’t count as much. Conversely, an at bat with two on and two out in the bottom of the 13th has a very high leverage.