May 13, 2002
Red Sox Impressive:
I was just looking at the Red Sox team stats, trying to figure out why they are so good, and I was really impressed. If you break the lineup down by batting slot, only one position, the 5th slot is below league average in OBA (AL OBA, .331, Sox #5, .329). And those numbers are despite Tony Clark. If your problem is that your 1st baseman can't hit, however, that's an easy one to solve. Even with Manny out, they have plenty of options for DH/1b with Daubach, Henderson and Offerman. Secondly, the starting pitching has a phenomenal ERA of 2.97. The one weak link looks like the bullpen, with its 4.14 ERA, but if your starters are pitching that well, you don't have to use the bullpen much, although the starters are averaging only 6 IP per start. Some of that is coming from babying Pedro; I think that will change as the season progresses.
Posted by David Pinto at
06:45 PM
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