During my 1978 A.L. Replay (which coincides with my brother Chris' 1978 N.L. Replay / Brothers in Dice), the Boston Red Sox are on top of the American League East with a 13-6 record, while winning 8 of their last 9 games. The big reason for this, is their lights out bullpen, led by closer Bob Stanley.
The Red Sox' bullpen have logged 46 innings of relief already, which is due to some of the starting pitchers (particularly Dennis Eckersley) have been under-performing.
Here is the bullpen, by the numbers...
- 46 innings of work.
- 26 hits allowed.
- Only 8 earned runs allowed.
- 18 K / 12 BB
- 3-1 record
- 5 for 7 in Save Opportunities.
- .826 WHIP [Walks + Hits / Per 9 Innings]
- 1.57 ERA
Stanley (2-0, 0.50 ERA & 3 Saves) has been incredible through 18 innings, while some of his teammates have not been too shabby as well...
- Bill Campbell: 2 SV, 0.00 ERA in 6 IP.
- Tom Burgmeier: 1.04 ERA in 8.2 IP.
- Dick Drago: 1-0, 2.79 ERA in 9.6 IP.
The team's lineup started off slow during the season, especially Jim Rice, who was batting .224 (11-for-49) with no home runs & 8 RBI through his first 10 games, and has since been batting .475 (19-for-40) with 5 HR & 14 RBI.
With the lineup coming around, Boston appears to be the team to beat at this moment in the East, and possibly the American League. Even though Eckersley (Grade A-YZ) has had nothing but bad luck so far (0-4, 4.58 ERA), it has all balanced out with Mike Torrez (Grade C-Y) overachieving with perfect 4-0 record & 0.97 ERA through 37 innings, including 2 shutouts.
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