The Red Sox bullpen is hard to figure out. Would you believe that most metrics say the Sox bullpen hasn’t been all that bad? No, of course you wouldn’t, because every single baseball fan hates their bullpen. But the truth is that, collectively, the Sox bullpen looks alright. By ERA the unit is 12th in baseball. That is by no means great, but it is also, obviously, better than most teams (math!). Moreover, the Sox pen has the fifth-best FIP in baseball, which indicates that they’ve actually been unlucky. The unit is also in the top-five of BB/9 and HR/9, and top-ten in ERA+.
Red Sox 3, Mets 1: What a relief
