If it's that simple, the team that won under Ben was compliments of Theo. And the teams that won under Theo were compliments of Duquette.
No, I don't think that's quite fair.
I really didn't know what to expect before 2015. I was shocked when Pablo and Hanley were announced on the same day and I was doubly shocked when Ben assembled that rotation. I thought it could go well or it might go very wrong. That's what I mean about Ben and his X factors.
The ERA gap from top to bottom this year looks huge only because of Houston. Their ERA is 0.60 better than second place.
Take out that massive outlier and see if it's much different than previous years.
Tell me something jung, if major league pitching is so awful, how come the average ERA in baseball is only 4.10?
Let me guess. Major league hitters are even worse, right?