Red Sox (Bello) vs Yankees (Fried): 8/22/25, 7:05pm

[king koji]

8 hours ago, notin said:

I was saying “Boo-urns.”

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

11 hours ago, PedroMartinez2000 said:

 Bello  looks good tonight.

Welcome to Talk Sox!

[notin]

30 minutes ago, king koji said:

 

Exactly who I was quoting 

[moonslav59]

4 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Welcome to Talk Sox!

So many positive posts in the last 12 hours: I was beginning to wonder if I was at the wrong site.

Ahhh, what a couple wins over the Yanks can do!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

5 hours ago, Yaz Fan Since 67 said:

22-12 over the last 3 seasons. They are our bitch.  

I'm most excited at the performances of Bello. He is finally realizing all this talent which has tantalized us for  several seasons.  Man the Yankees just play such sloppy defense, their lineup is not deep at all.  But Duran got his footwork screwed up and despite what the announcer claimed that play was close when it didn't have to be. 

We have had a lot of great closers over the years. But I don't remember any of them being as dominant as Chapman has been this season.  

KOJI during the 2013 season had a truly amazing season. He had an ERA+ of 379.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

KOJI during the 2013 season had a truly amazing season. He had an ERA+ of 379.

We've has some awesome closer seasons since Foulke in 2004. Koji's has stood alone, and he was arguably the main reason that 2013 outperformed their expectations and production numbers.

Here are some of our best closer seasons since 2003: (listed in order by best OPS Against)

ERA+/OPS Against...

381/.377 Chapman 2025 (in progress)

379/.400  Koji 2013

254/.444 Kimbrel 2017

257/.463  Papelbon 2007

517/.465  Papelbon 2006

199/.561  Papelbon 2008

194/.562 Uehara 2015

247/.565 Kimbrel 2018

127/ .575 Jansen 2024 (Others had better season than this, but I felt he deserved a mention)

223/.587 Foulke 2004

252/.600  Papelbon 2009

Best RP seasons since 2003 by ERA- (40+ IP)

20 Papelbon '06

24 Martin '23

25 Chapman '25

26 Uehara '13

31 Kimbrel '17

34 Tazawa '12

37 Atchison '12

39 Workman '19

40 Papelbon '09 & '07

43 Whitlock '21 & Breslow '13

44 Delcarmen '07 & Bard '10

46 Foulke '04

48 Okajima '07 & Aceves '11

50 Timlin '05

fWAR

3.2 Kimbrel '17

3.1 Uehara '13 & Papelbon '06

3.0 Papelbon '11

2.8 Papelbon '08

2.1 Workman '19 & Papelbon '07

2.0 Chapman '25 and counting

1.9 Papelbon '09

1.8 Schreiber '22 & Timlin '05

1.6 Whitlock '21 & Foulke '04

1.5 Martin '23, Slaten '24 & Kim '03

1.4 Jansen '24 & Uehara '15

1.3 Barnes '21 & '19, Bard '10 & '11, A Miller '14 and Kimbrel '18

1.2 Barnes '18 & Kimbrel '16

1.1 Okajima '07, Tazawa '12 & 15, Delcarmen '08, Jansen '23, Uehara '14 and Josh Taylor '21

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[moonslav59]

Uehara also had an incredible post season in 2013. He let up 1 ER (a HR) in 13.2 IP. Only 7 hits allows and ZERO BBs to 16 Ks.

Speaking of Ks to BBs, best K%-BB% seasons by Sox RP'ers since 2003:

44.1 Kimbrel '17

34.7 Uehara '13

32.9 Miller '14

30.8 Chapman '25 & Papelbon '07

30.2 Papelbon '11

28.9 Uehara '14

28.8 Barnes '21

28.3 Uehara '16

26.3 Kimbrel '18

26.1 Martin '24

K/BB

16.7 Martin

11.2 Koji '13

10.0 Koji '14

9.6 Papelbon '08

9.0 Tazawa '12 & Kimbrel '17

8.7 Papelbon '11

7.2 Timlin '03

6.4 Slaten '24

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

We've has some awesome closer seasons since Foulke in 2004. Koji's has stood alone, and he was arguably the main reason that 2013 outperformed their expectations and production numbers.

Here are some of our best closer seasons since 2003: (listed in order by best OPS Against)

ERA+/OPS Against...

381/.377 Chapman 2025 (in progress)

379/.400  Koji 2013

254/.444 Kimbrel 2017

257/.463  Papelbon 2007

517/.465  Papelbon 2006

199/.561  Papelbon 2008

194/.562 Uehara 2015

247/.565 Kimbrel 2018

127/ .575 Jansen 2024 (Others had better season than this, but I felt he deserved a mention)

223/.587 Foulke 2004

252/.600  Papelbon 2009

Best RP seasons since 2003 by ERA- (40+ IP)

20 Papelbon '06

24 Martin '23

25 Chapman '25

26 Uehara '13

31 Kimbrel '17

34 Tazawa '12

37 Atchison '12

39 Workman '19

40 Papelbon '09 & '07

43 Whitlock '21 & Breslow '13

44 Delcarmen '07 & Bard '10

46 Foulke '04

48 Okajima '07 & Aceves '11

50 Timlin '05

fWAR

3.2 Kimbrel '17

3.1 Uehara '13 & Papelbon '06

3.0 Papelbon '11

2.8 Papelbon '08

2.1 Workman '19 & Papelbon '07

2.0 Chapman '25 and counting

1.9 Papelbon '09

1.8 Schreiber '22 & Timlin '05

1.6 Whitlock '21 & Foulke '04

1.5 Martin '23, Slaten '24 & Kim '03

1.4 Jansen '24 & Uehara '15

1.3 Barnes '21 & '19, Bard '10 & '11, A Miller '14 and Kimbrel '18

1.2 Barnes '18 & Kimbrel '16

1.1 Okajima '07, Tazawa '12 & 15, Delcarmen '08, Jansen '23, Uehara '14 and Josh Taylor '21

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Great pieces of information, Moon. Thanks for all the work.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

7 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

We've has some awesome closer seasons since Foulke in 2004. Koji's has stood alone, and he was arguably the main reason that 2013 outperformed their expectations and production numbers.

Here are some of our best closer seasons since 2003: (listed in order by best OPS Against)

ERA+/OPS Against...

381/.377 Chapman 2025 (in progress)

379/.400  Koji 2013

254/.444 Kimbrel 2017

257/.463  Papelbon 2007

517/.465  Papelbon 2006

199/.561  Papelbon 2008

194/.562 Uehara 2015

247/.565 Kimbrel 2018

127/ .575 Jansen 2024 (Others had better season than this, but I felt he deserved a mention)

223/.587 Foulke 2004

252/.600  Papelbon 2009

Best RP seasons since 2003 by ERA- (40+ IP)

20 Papelbon '06

24 Martin '23

25 Chapman '25

26 Uehara '13

31 Kimbrel '17

34 Tazawa '12

37 Atchison '12

39 Workman '19

40 Papelbon '09 & '07

43 Whitlock '21 & Breslow '13

44 Delcarmen '07 & Bard '10

46 Foulke '04

48 Okajima '07 & Aceves '11

50 Timlin '05

fWAR

3.2 Kimbrel '17

3.1 Uehara '13 & Papelbon '06

3.0 Papelbon '11

2.8 Papelbon '08

2.1 WorkmWaran '19 & Papelbon '07

2.0 Chapman '25 and counting

1.9 Papelbon '09

1.8 Schreiber '22 & Timlin '05

1.6 Whitlock '21 & Foulke '04

1.5 Martin '23, Slaten '24 & Kim '03

1.4 Jansen '24 & Uehara '15

1.3 Barnes '21 & '19, Bard '10 & '11, A Miller '14 and Kimbrel '18

1.2 Barnes '18 & Kimbrel '16

1.1 Okajima '07, Tazawa '12 & 15, Delcarmen '08, Jansen '23, Uehara '14 and Josh Taylor '21

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I know it's still counting, but Chapman's fWar still should be higher at this point.

[moonslav59]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Great pieces of information, Moon. Thanks for all the work.

No problem. We've had some great closers in the Henry era.

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I know it's still counting, but Chapman's fWar still should be higher at this point.

He has 50 IP. WAR is helped by 70-80 IP for RP'ers.