Last week Jeff Sullivan wrote an article at Fangraphs detailing the under performance by the Tampa Bay Rays from 2014-17. Using the metric “BaseRun,” Sullivan was able to examine which teams have performed the best and worst in high, medium, and low leverage situations.
As much as the Kansas City Royals have over performed their BaseRun expectations the Rays have under performed.
Before looking into the leverage breakdown we need to understand what the breakdowns used at Fangraphs. The average leverage situation is set to 1. Low leverage situations come in at .