@ChrisCotillo
A rival scout's take on the Red Sox' bullpen: "It's brutal."
Red Sox relievers with a lot to prove early here.
That's a big yikes.
I do not disagree. We'll have to see how our pen does over the next couple of months. I don't think it's as bad as many people think it is. I would put it at league average. Hopefully, the offense is strong enough to overcome any shortcomings of the pen in most of the games.
The damn man on second to start the inning rule makes it very hard to judge the effectiveness of an extra inning RP'er's outing.
They don't count it as an earned run, but it kinda feels like one.
Officially, today our starter and pen did this:
SP: 5 IP 3 ER 5 Hits & 1 BB & 1 HBP & 2 HR
RP: 6 IP 1 ER (plus the 2 " non earned" runs allowed in extras.) 5 hits & 3 BB & 1 HBP & 1 HR
Just looking at the numbers, the pen did slightly better than Eovaldi.
Sox 4 Ever
A blown save is simply having a lead late in the game , then losing that lead. Not something that you want to see , especially when it results in a loss. A save represents a close game that goes into the win column. Some folks don't like those stats , but the object is to win.
Old school is good school.