The problem for the Red Sox this season is the ongoing drama that circulates around the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of the bullpen. I will most certainly contribute to the waste of internet ink with my own opinion – it is now meaningless until a playoff roster is determined.
One can wander the statistical wasteland with traditional and metric statistics, but, for me, this bullpen is collectively good, but not great. That, of course, is based on the season performance which has seen stretches where Heathcliff Slocumb would look good and other stretches where the bullpen was as stingy as any in baseball.