07/28/19 Yankees (German) @ Red Sox (Sale)

[moonslav59]

The offense cannot run this hot forever. Merloni talked about it on EEI. Yeah, it's all well and good that the O dropped over 35 runs on the Yanks in 3 games, but what happens when they're up 3-2 in the 8th against the Yanks or Rays. You wanna go on a long winning streak or suppress a team through a whole series, you gotta have the pen to do it. A lot of the sox woes this year have had to do with the s***** pen work. Either leaving a starter in too long because of the bad pen or the pen blowing it outright. You gotta fix it

 

Our offense could get even better...

 

or not.

[jacksonianmarch]

Our offense could get even better...

 

or not.

 

They are what they are. They're an elite offensive unit. But they are gonna be locked in some tight battles late where it will be bullpen vs bullpen. Unless the sox are facing the mets, they aren't gonna find a worse pen

[moonslav59]

They are what they are. They're an elite offensive unit. But they are gonna be locked in some tight battles late where it will be bullpen vs bullpen. Unless the sox are facing the mets, they aren't gonna find a worse pen

 

I disagree. We are not the 29th pen in MLB, and we should be better with Eovaldi and possibly Johnson or a trade pick-up going forward.

 

Yes, we will have to rely on our pen in several games to come, but they have done well or very well way more often than not. Blown saves does not capture all the times this pen has done way better than the SP'er in wins.

 

We will beat teams with our offense.

 

We should beat more teams with our SP'ers (going forward).

 

Our defense seems to be solidifying, despite last night's game.

 

Our pen may be worse than most teams we face going forward, but most teams have one or two areas where they are worse than their opponent. We may only have one.

 

AL Pen Numbers:

 

WAR

6th at 3.1 (ahead of HOU and just 0.1 from TBR)

4th in xFIP at 4.18 (ahead of CLE and 0.03 from TBR)

8th in ERA- at 94

4th in K-BB% at 16.4% (ahead of TBR)

10th in WHIP at 1.42

7th in IP at 406.

 

Edited July 30, 2019 by moonslav59

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The game was not lost because of the relative strength of their closers!

 

I wasn't just referring to Sunday night's game; I was referring to the entire season, so far. Geez, was that so hard to understand?