@SoxNotes
Most strikeouts as a reliever, Red Sox history:
1. Dick Radatz – 629
2. Matt Barnes – 517
3. Bob Stanley – 516
Not sure Barnes will catch up to the Monster at this point.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/ryan-brasier-518489?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb
How he is actually pitching right now is what is important and it's been terrible. Bottom 1% in xSLG, EV, Hard Hit%. He's getting rocked. Move on.
Diekman is struggling because he's a bad pitcher, not because of the guys around him. He fails against the bottom of the order.
They have no trust in Valdez and Sawamura and don't use them in pressure situations.
Danish isn't an MLBer.
Brasier should be DFA'd.
Crawford should be in WOO.
Barnes is lost.
It's a bad pen.
Hill, Paxton and Wacha are relievers?
I think simply signing Diekman and Strahm doesn't really show him putting an emphasis on improving the pen at all.