(Click for WPA primer.)
Closers get a boost from the opportunity to get the last out regularly, so Broxton's number is a little inflated
The only surprises for me are Alex and Yuni. Alex's wOBA is .339 to Yuni's .296, but Yuni has come through at better times. That's an understatement - in whatever Fangraphs defines as high leverage situations, Alex has a wOBA of .212 compared to Yuni's .448. I wish I could totally dismiss that as a small sample fluke, but Alex has a career-long, large sample problem with high leverage. Here are both players' wOBA in low, medium and high leverage situations this year and for their careers:
| 2012 | Low | Med | High |
| Alex | 0.343 | 0.361 | 0.212 |
| Yuni | 0.236 | 0.332 | 0.448 |
| career | |||
| Alex | 0.326 | 0.368 | 0.284 |
| Yuni | 0.282 | 0.304 | 0.315 |
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