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Originally posted by voodoochile View PostWIth Robert sucking up 60% of the OF and TA finding a groove at SS. The defense has been very solid recently. IF saved the no-no a couple times at least last night.
Four Sox Gold Gloves in 1960.
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Originally posted by ChiTownTrojan View PostThey also have the 2nd highest OPS and the 6th best team ERA in baseball. Unfortunately the ERA is only the 3rd best in the AL Central.
For all the talk of the shaky starting rotation, they've been very good, especially during the recent hot streak.
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Originally posted by ChiTownTrojan View PostThey also have the 2nd highest OPS and the 6th best team ERA in baseball. Unfortunately the ERA is only the 3rd best in the AL Central.
For all the talk of the shaky starting rotation, they've been very good, especially during the recent hot streak.
As for the 6th best team ERA in baseball...yes, the starting rotation has been better than advertised. But they are buoyed by a lights out bullpen if we're talking team ERA. The bullpen has been just unreal. When starters are averaging 5ish innings per game, that's a big part of team ERA.
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If anything the metrics underrate how good the Sox bullpen is. During the first part of the season, the Sox were giving relief innings to a lot of different guys, presumably to see how well their stuff would work in the majors. Some of these guys were lights out. Some were...very much lights on, high-beams. The latter group inflated the staff ERA significantly.
Once the Sox figure out who's reliable and who is not, this will be a scary bullpen."Hope...may be indulged in by those who have abundant resources...but those who stake their all upon the venture see it in its true colors only after they are ruined."
-- Thucydides
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Originally posted by BRDSR View Post
I was just thinking today that the defense has been considerably better than I had expected, but 1st in MLB by any metric is definitely a surprise. Good for them. Obviously the addition of Robert gets them a long way. Abreu's been great, Anderson has been good. I've even thought Eloy has been decent, notwithstanding his penchant for hurting himself (whether on defense or in celebration of a no-hitter). Grandal helps. When you add it all up, maybe it's not that surprising. I would be curious how much of the 3 at 2B is Madrigal vs. others, just to get a sense of how the metrics are evaluating him on defense.
As for the 6th best team ERA in baseball...yes, the starting rotation has been better than advertised. But they are buoyed by a lights out bullpen if we're talking team ERA. The bullpen has been just unreal. When starters are averaging 5ish innings per game, that's a big part of team ERA.
https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.as...2-31&sort=16,a
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Originally posted by HomeFish View PostIf anything the metrics underrate how good the Sox bullpen is. During the first part of the season, the Sox were giving relief innings to a lot of different guys, presumably to see how well their stuff would work in the majors. Some of these guys were lights out. Some were...very much lights on, high-beams. The latter group inflated the staff ERA significantly.
Once the Sox figure out who's reliable and who is not, this will be a scary bullpen.
Bullpen ERA is #9 in MLB (bullpen FIP is #5 and xFIP is #3).
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Originally posted by BRDSR View Post
I was just thinking today that the defense has been considerably better than I had expected, but 1st in MLB by any metric is definitely a surprise. Good for them. Obviously the addition of Robert gets them a long way. Abreu's been great, Anderson has been good. I've even thought Eloy has been decent, notwithstanding his penchant for hurting himself (whether on defense or in celebration of a no-hitter). Grandal helps. When you add it all up, maybe it's not that surprising. I would be curious how much of the 3 at 2B is Madrigal vs. others, just to get a sense of how the metrics are evaluating him on defense.
As for the 6th best team ERA in baseball...yes, the starting rotation has been better than advertised. But they are buoyed by a lights out bullpen if we're talking team ERA. The bullpen has been just unreal. When starters are averaging 5ish innings per game, that's a big part of team ERA.
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Originally posted by BRDSR View Post
I was just thinking today that the defense has been considerably better than I had expected, but 1st in MLB by any metric is definitely a surprise. Good for them. Obviously the addition of Robert gets them a long way. Abreu's been great, Anderson has been good. I've even thought Eloy has been decent, notwithstanding his penchant for hurting himself (whether on defense or in celebration of a no-hitter). Grandal helps. When you add it all up, maybe it's not that surprising. I would be curious how much of the 3 at 2B is Madrigal vs. others, just to get a sense of how the metrics are evaluating him on defense.
As for the 6th best team ERA in baseball...yes, the starting rotation has been better than advertised. But they are buoyed by a lights out bullpen if we're talking team ERA. The bullpen has been just unreal. When starters are averaging 5ish innings per game, that's a big part of team ERA.
Edit: ESPN has his DWAR at 0.3 after 21 games played. That's on pace for a 2.0+ DWAR season and that's pretty freaking awesome.
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