I posted this in the The Red Sox ARE good. So now what? thread at the end of July, but given the arguments here on SOSH (some are arguing that Bloom's inaction at the trade deadline caused the sox to START playing bad..) others have said the sox were only had a few holes to fix etc)
below are team and individual stats broken down by Month.
The Red Sox went 13-12 in July
Team offensive stats by month
Team pitching stats by month
Individual offensive stats by month
Offense
View: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aodyA-6FZE8cfCPBQKwuxRZdcOUbfGRriseMmPffi40/edit?usp=sharing
Pitching
View: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P5Mn69_on6QlTE5D_N85yJMSS8tWi7gtiLCiPaul8u4/edit?usp=sharing
so yah, While the Sox were in 1st for a good majority of the first half of the season, its almost as if the sox did it with smoke and mirrors as the stats above show, there were major issues both on the pitching side and on the hitting side as early as the beginning of June.
As of 8/1 Nathan Eovaldi is the only sox pitcher to have an ERA under 4 in both June and July
as of 8/1 the only Red sox batter with an OBP over .350 in June and July is Rafael Devers... thats it..
So, I think thats where the problem is. When literally only 1 of your SP and only 1 of your starting hitters are performing well in two month sample, its insane the sox were able to stay competitive for so long.
So which is the real Red Sox? the team that somehow was able to win games despite only having one "good" SP and one "good" hitter? or the team who's cracks are showing as evident today?
View: https://twitter.com/alexspeier/status/1423817304010334210
below are team and individual stats broken down by Month.
The Red Sox went 13-12 in July
Team offensive stats by month
Team pitching stats by month
Individual offensive stats by month
Offense
View: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aodyA-6FZE8cfCPBQKwuxRZdcOUbfGRriseMmPffi40/edit?usp=sharing
Pitching
View: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P5Mn69_on6QlTE5D_N85yJMSS8tWi7gtiLCiPaul8u4/edit?usp=sharing
so yah, While the Sox were in 1st for a good majority of the first half of the season, its almost as if the sox did it with smoke and mirrors as the stats above show, there were major issues both on the pitching side and on the hitting side as early as the beginning of June.
As of 8/1 Nathan Eovaldi is the only sox pitcher to have an ERA under 4 in both June and July
as of 8/1 the only Red sox batter with an OBP over .350 in June and July is Rafael Devers... thats it..
So, I think thats where the problem is. When literally only 1 of your SP and only 1 of your starting hitters are performing well in two month sample, its insane the sox were able to stay competitive for so long.
So which is the real Red Sox? the team that somehow was able to win games despite only having one "good" SP and one "good" hitter? or the team who's cracks are showing as evident today?
View: https://twitter.com/alexspeier/status/1423817304010334210