Brock's highs were 2.8 and 2.1 w bWAR and 2.2 & 2.0 w fWAR.
Ceddane has a -0.8 faWAR at 2B, so I'm not sure the versatility factor is adding much to his overall WAR. It's 3.7 in CF. fWAR lists his total as 2.9.
Just about every injured Sox players returns after the expected date.
I don't think we have to worry about any injured player being rushed back. If anything, the opposite may occur.
The Sox have the best record in the AL since June 7th. That's nearly 3 months.
Here are some numbers:
9-1 Giolito 2.26
9-5 Bello 2.68
9-1 Crochet 3.27
Chapman 0.31 ERA & Whitlock 1.67 ERA
OPS Leaders 99+ PAs
.867 Story
.860 Romy
.859 Anthony (IL)
.822 Abreu (IL)
.815 Duran
.808 Refsnyder
.740 Bregman
.731 Rafaela
.676 Narvaez
.654 Yoshida
.567 Wong
(DHam .613 in 84 PAs)
Very strange gameplan. The announcer wondered if Love was hurt, but he didn't look it, later in the game.
ND is ranked 9th, right behind 2 other 0-1 teams (Texas and Clemson.)
Remaining schedule:
19 Texas A&M 9/13
Purdue 9/20
at Arkansas 9/27
Boise St 10/4
NC State 10/11
USC 10/18
at Boston College 11/1
Navy 11/8
at Pittsburgh 11/15
Syracuse 11/22
at Stanford 11/29
(No more currently top ranked teams after A&M.)
Arias hit a 3 run blast. Through 5 IP, Mullins is at it, again: 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 6K.
Romero homered for Woo. He's not talked about all that much, but maybe he should be.
American League Only....
The Sox have 3 of the top 10 SP'ers (120+ IP) in ERA-. We also have 2 of the top 10 RP'ers (50+IP) in ERA-.
23 Chapman (nearly half the next guy!) 2.3 fWAR 1st
42 Cleavinger
44 Munoz
49 Vasil
50 Hader (IL)
55 Newcomb (remember him?)
56 Abreu
58 Armstrong
59 Whitlock (#9) He's 5th in IP by RP'ers (1.7 fWAR is 4th)
Does any other team have a better 1-2-3 SP and 1-2 RP quintet?
I think versatility is not as valuable when you have a 28 man roster, but with 3 catchers, maybe it all evens out.
I kinda felt out team needs offense, and KC or Garcia probably offer the best shot at an O booster shot.
So, a team's record vs the Angels is the best way to determine who is better?
I see a clear divide between PHI & LAD and the top AL teams all bunched together:
A MIL
B LAD & PHI
B- TOR, DET, NYY, BOS, SEA, HOU,plus 3 NL teams CHC, SDP, NYM