he would have won the ERA title if he qualified, posting a 1.69 ERA in 21 starts. He would’ve competed for another in ’22, when he had a 2.28 ERA in 22 starts. Both years may well have earned him another Cy Young Award. And based on his average strikeout rate of 28.5% in the...
In the final week of the 2024 MLB season, it's easy to play the "what if" game now that the majority of the season is in the rearview and most fan bases have…
In March of 1915, the Baber reported to the Boston Red Sox spring training camp in Hot Springs Arkansas. At the time the Red Sox had two stellar left-handed pitchers, Dutch Leonard who set a major league record for lowest ERA (Earned Run Average) for the 1914 season Ray Collins who was...
2. How will they replace Topa?The largest void created by Monday’s trade is in the back end of the bullpen, where Topa became a reliable setup man, with a 2.61 ERA (155 ERA+, where league average is 100). He will earn $1.25 million next season....
It's not entirely surprising that a bullpen put together by a reliever in Craig Breslow is strong, but the early-season performance has been tremendous. Even when factoring in Joely Rodriguez's four appearances, the Red Sox have the sixth-best WHIP (1.018) in MLB and fourth-best...
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who slugged 23 home runs and 70 runs batted in last year; American-Israeli pitcher Dean Kremer, who posted a stellar 3.23 earned run average as a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in 2022; and veteran reliever Richard Bleier, who had a 3.55 ERA for the Miami Marlins last season....
What I don't love is a team that puts more into the amenities than the actual product on the field.I'm not saying we needed to back a Brinks truck up to Baez, Bryant, and Rizzo's pads and pay them whatever they wanted to stay in Chicago. No, not at all. What I am saying is...
my average would only drop to 1.500." Or have hilarious first-base coach Jim Frey (then with the Orioles) tell pitcher Mike Flanagan when he reached first base, "Keep your left foot on the bag, and get as big a lead as you can with your right foot." Or have hilarious former Mets ...
their offense is middle of the pack statistically, and pitching has become the backbone. The Braves havethe best ERA in baseball(3.40) and are tied with the Boston Red Sox for the most shutouts (11). They have also given up the fewest home runs and have the fifth-best WHIP in MLB....