Here's a stat nugget you might find interesting, Larry:
Rays pitchers home ERA 2.95
Rays pitchers road ERA 4.66 !!!!!
Red Sox pitchers home ERA 3.76
Red Sox pitchers road ERA 3.34 !!!!!
So are Rays pitchers actually good or are their numbers simply distorted from pitching in the most run-suppressing park in baseball half the time?
Worth looking into!
He's sort of an easy target, I guess, because of the hair, the perceived attitude issues, and the failures of his teams to get past the LDS. Plus he's hitting .219 in his contract year.
Yeah, goddamn the little leprechaun and his 32 saves out of 35 chances.
Can't wait till next year when he's gone and we have a new closer to crap on every time they fail!
Johnson threw 84 pitches, which is tied for the most he's thrown all year. They don't want to overextend him. If he keeps pitching this well they'll probably increase his pitch count.
Yeah, I just don't get why some people are so anxious to crucify the manager. But then again when I first started posting on a Sox message board in 2007 the thing I didn't get was how many people were crushing Francona. And that was in a season in which the Sox won their second ring in four years under him.
This is just going to start up the same old cycle, but the fact that the farm system is toast is on Ben too IMO. He left Dombrowski with a well-stocked farm but virtually zero pitching. DD probably overdid it with what he gave up for pitching but I'd like to know how he could have magically conjured up a good pitching staff without making a bunch of trades.
You might be speaking a bit too soon on that. Cashman will be adding a starter. As for Britton, I think the Yankees are concerned about Chapman's health.