The Leverage Report

Tracking leverage, value, development, and the relievers who change games.

🏆 Daily Bullpen MVP
📈 Bullpen Stock Market

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Baseball games are increasingly decided by bullpens.

Yet relievers are the most volatile & misunderstood assets in the game.

This page will track:
🏆 Daily Bullpen MVP
📈 Bullpen Stock Market
💰 Bullpen Value & Economics
🔬 Reliever Development
🔥 The nastiest stuff in baseball

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🏆8/9 MVR: Braydon Fisher

The box score:

2 IP
3 BB
0K

The true impact:

Despite the TOR loss, Fisher had by far the largest impact on winning by a reliever. He entered in the 10th & threw 2 scoreless to keep the game tied going into the 12th.

WPA: +.63
gmLI: 2.55
#BlueJays50

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🏆8/8 MVR: Jack Dreyer

The box score:

1 IP
1 H
1 K

The true impact:

Dreyer entered in 10th on the road after LA took the lead in the top half. Despite an infield single, he was able to hold the lead and turned a 1-4-3 DP to end it.

WPA: +.45
gmLI: 4.34
#Dodgers

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🏆8/7 MVR: David Bednar

The box score:

1 IP
0 H
0 K

The true impact:

Bednar threw a 1-2-3 10th inning at home. Stranding the automatic runner and keeping the game tied giving the Yankees the opportunity to walk it off in the bottom half.

WPA: +.31
gmLI: 2.65
#RepBX

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📈 July Bullpen Stock Market

Highlighted by a trio of lefties. 2 guys that were traded at the deadline. These are the guys I'm buying and selling from the month of July.

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🏆8/6 MVR: Trent Thornton x2

The box score:

1 IP
1 IBB
1 K

The true impact:

Thornton’s second MVR comes in an electric CHC walk-off win. He entered in the 11th and other than 1 IBB he retired the other 3 hitters he faced to keep the score tied.

WPA: +.31
gmLI: 2.66
#Cubs

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🏆8/5 MVR: Daniel Duarte

The box score:

1 IP
1 BB
0 K

The true impact:

Duarte pitched the 10th inning after the NYM took a 1 run lead on the road. Despite 1 BB, he was able to strand both the tying and winning runs on to secure the win.

WPA: +.44
gmLI: 4.36
#LGM

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🏆8/4 MVR: Garrett Cleavinger

The box score:

.2 IP
0 H
0 K

The true impact:

Cleavinger entered in the 10th with the score tied on the road, 2 on & 1 out. He stranded the winning run on 3rd and got the W when TB scored in the 11th.

WPA: +.36
gmLI: 3.8
#RaysUp

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🏆8/3 MVR: Mason Montgomery x2

The box score:

1 IP
1 H
3 K

The true impact:

Montgomery continues to throw the ball well. He entered in the 9th on the road with a 1 run lead. Working around 1 hit, he K’d the side and held on for the save.

WPA: +.2
gmLI: 3.46
#LetsGoBucs

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🏆8/2 MVR: Michael Peterson x2

The box score:

1 IP
1 BB
2 K

The true impact:

Peterson earned a big hold in Miami’s 2-0 win yesterday. He entered in the 7th with 2 on & 0 out only up 1 and managed to escape the jam with the lead.

WPA: +.41
gmLI: 2.98
#FightinFish

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🏆8/1 MVR: Andrés Muñoz x2

The box score:

1.1 IP
1 H
2 K

The true impact:

Muñoz entered a tie game in the 8th with 2 on & 2 out. He struck out Lewis to strand the inherited runners and kept the game tied in the 9th before SEA walked it off.

WPA: +.21
gmLI: 3.52
#TridentsUp

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🏆7/31 MVR: Emilio Pagán

The box score:

1 IP
0 H
1 K

The true impact:

Pagán entered in the 9th up 1 after CIN retook the lead in the 8th. He worked around a HBP to throw a clean inning and hold the lead to earn the win.

WPA: +.17
gmLI: 2.94
#ATOBTTR

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🏆7/30 MVR: Seranthony Domínguez

The box score:

1 IP
1 BB
1 K

The true impact:

The second CWS walk-off in a row gives them B2B MVRs. Domínguez pitched a scoreless 11th to keep the game tied & give the Sox a chance to win it in the bottom half.

WPA: +.31
gmLI: 2.64
#WhiteSox

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🏆7/29 MVR: Grant Taylor x2

The box score:
2.1 IP
0 H
1 K

The true impact:

Taylor’s second MVR. He entered a tie game in the 9th. Retiring all 7 hitters faced, he kept the game tied into the 11th where he got 1 out before being pulled.

WPA: +.45
gmLI: 2.32
#WhiteSox

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🏆7/28 MVR: Gerardo Carrillo

The box score:

2 IP
1 BB
3 K

The true impact:

Carrillo’s performance has the largest single game WPA of the season so far. He entered in the 11th on the road and threw 2 scoreless innings to earn the win.

WPA: +.77
gmLI: 2.54
#Dbacks

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🏆7/27 MVR: Mason Montgomery

The box score:

1 IP
1 BB
1 K

The true impact:

Montgomery entered in the 10th at home. He worked around an error and an IBB to strand the bases loaded and give PIT the chance to walk it off.

WPA: +.31
gmLI: 2.61
#LetsGoBucs

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🏆7/26 MVR: Tyler Kinley

The box score:

1.1 IP
2 BB
1 K

The true impact:

Kinley entered in the 10th on the road with 2 on & 2 out. He got out of that jam then threw a scoreless 11th after ATL took the lead to earn the win.

WPA: +.57
gmLI: 4.62
#BravesCountry

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🏆7/25 MVR: Alex Lange

The box score:

1 IP
1 H
2 K

The true impact:

Lange entered in the 9th with 1 on and 0 out. He gave up 1 single but stranded the inherited runner and kept the lead for the save.

WPA: +.34
gmLI: 5.4
#FountainsUp

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🏆7/24 MVR: José Suarez

The box score:

1.2 IP
0 H
0 K

The true impact:

Suarez entered with the A's leading by 2 in the 6th. The bases were loaded with 1 out when he induced a DP. He then threw a 1-2-3 7th to hold the lead.

WPA: +.32
gmLI: 4.38
#Athletics https://t.co/KCzM3Tk7n0

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🏆7/23 MVR: Colin Holderman

The box score:

2 IP
1 BB
0 K

The true impact:

The second MVR to come from a loss, both featuring CLE. Holderman posted 2 0's in the 10th & 11th giving CLE a huge win probability swing that they were unable to take.

WPA: +.62
gmLI: 2.65
#GuardsBall

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🏆7/22 MVR: Riley O'Brien

The box score:

1 IP
2 BB
3 K

The true impact:

O'Brien entered the 9th with STL up 1 on the road. Despite walking 2, he stranded both runners and struck out the side to earn the save.

WPA: +.2
gmLI: 3.5
#STLCards