There was a time when there was no such thing as bullpens and closers. In fact saves! weren’t even an official statistic until 1969. Starting pitchers were expected to pitch the whole game, and relief pitchers were used for spot starts and multi-inning relief appearances when a starter would struggle or get injured. Things changed however… starters went from pitching
Read moreI decided to analyze every team that won the World Series and see what led to them winning the championship that season. 1903 BOSTON RED SOX Easily won the pennant, had the best record in the Majors and dominated to the championship. 1905 NEW YORK GIANTS They had the best record in the Majors and dominated all the way to
Read moreBoston fired GM Dave Dombrowski last night. Dombrowski brought them a championship last year, so it’s natural that there are people questioning this move and thinking that Dombrowski deserved better. Thing is, he just isn’t a great GM. Back in Detroit, he built a team that won 2 pennants, but failed to win the World Series because he traded off
Read moreI used WAR to determine these players, using both for single season and career. AL AL EAST NEW YORK YANKEES SP Whitey Ford CP Mariano Rivera C Yogi Berra 1B Lou Gehrig 2B Robinson Cano SS Derek Jeter 3B Alex Rodriguez LF Charlie Keller CF Mickey Mantle RF Babe Ruth DH Jason Giambi BOSTON RED SOX SP Pedro Martinez CP
Read moreSP 1. Domingo German 2. Mike Soroka 3. Max Fried 4. Caleb Smith 5. Hyun-Jin Ryu 6. Luke Weaver 7. Lance Lynn 8. Mike Minor 9. Jake Odorizzi 10. Matthew Boyd 11. Brandon Woodruff 12. Lucas Giolito 13. Sonny Gray 14. Shane Bieber RP 1. Mark Melancon 2. Luke Jackson 3. Brandon Workman 4. Hector Neris 5. Jose Urena 6.
Read moreI decided to look at all LDS, LCS and World Series and see which won more. I used team ERA and team runs per game in my analysis. I’m not including the thrown 1919 World Series. TOTAL SERIES: 312 BETTER TEAM IN BOTH PITCHING & HITTING WON: 63 TEAM WITH THE WORSE PITCHING & HITTING WON: 46 TEAM WITH THE
Read moreI’m looking at the WildCard era. YEAR: 1995 TEAM: Atlanta Braves fWAR: 21.0 RANK: 1 ERA: 3.25 RANK: 1 YEAR: 1996 TEAM: New York Yankees fWAR: 14.3 RANK: 10 ERA: 4.96 RANK: 19 YEAR: 1997 TEAM: Florida Marlins fWAR: 13.9 RANK: 8 ERA: 3.76 RANK: 4 YEAR: 1998 TEAM: New York Yankees fWAR: 18.4 RANK: 2 ERA: 3.85 RANK: 6
Read moreHow do they do compare to the rest of the Majors? I started the list in 2094. YEAR: 2004 TEAM: Boston Red Sox fWAR: 2.4 RANK: 16 ERA: 3.92 RANK: 20 YEAR: 2005 TEAM: Chicago White Sox fWAR: 4.6 RANK: 2 ERA: 3.23 RANK: 3 YEAR: 2006 TEAM: St. Louis Cardinals fWAR: 1.2 RANK: 22 ERA: 4.06 RANK: 14 YEAR:
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