cone said:
just my opinion
they don't have the bats and the pen isn't deep enough
starting pitching is fine, good enough
top half of the order is fine
bottom half of the order is just woeful
This undersells our team.AL Bullpen ERA (2nd Half) / xFIP (2nd Half)
1. CLE - 2.61 (2.59) / 3.67 (3.85)
4. NYY - 3.60 (3.80) / 3.97 (3.75)
5. DET - 3.60 (3.04) / 4.03 (3.92)
8. HOU - 3.66 (3.56) / 3.98 (3.90)11. SEA - 3.71 (3.79) / 3.92 (3.91)
19. BAL - 4.12 (4.61) / 3.95 (3.76)
20. MIN - 4.16 (5.11) / 3.90 (3.82)
23. KCR - 4.33 (4.53) / 4.35 (3.99)
Unless you're CLE, bullpens are fairly similar. At least NYY, DET, HOU, & SEA are. BAL, MIN, & KCR are a step down.
High Leverage RP Only wOBA (Since Aug1)
1. CLE - .214 (.256)
3. NYY - .259 (.253)
12. DET - .297 (.286)
15. HOU - .305 (.309)16. BAL - .305 (.269)
17. SEA - .306 (.340)
19. MIN - .311 (.310)
28. KCR - .357 (.366)
Again, CLE is the best. NYY is up there. The rest is fairly similar except for KCR.
I won't go into SP too much, but "good enough" is technically accurate. I would say elite.
2nd Half - #2 ERA, #1 FIP, #2 xFIP, #1 WAR, #2 IPBottom 3 of the order for AL Playoff Contenders
4. SEA - 99
6. BAL - 98
8. MIN - 97
13. NYY - 88
15. KCR - 85
16. HOU - 8419. CLE - 80
26. DET - 72
Bottom 4
3. BAL - 101
4. SEA - 101
7. MIN - 98
8. HOU - 9513. NYY - 92
18. CLE - 86
19. KCR - 86
27. DET - 73
Keep in mind, there are a lot of Abreu, Chas, Dezenzo, Leon, etc PAs in our bottom 3-4 that won't be there in the postseason. I put this out yesterday, but our bottom 3 will be a mix of Pena, Meyers, and Dubon/Heyward. I would argue no one in the AL is clearly superior there.