Especially a team that’s actually had pretty good luck in terms of health. The pitching has stayed remarkably healthy all year and the 3 guys who got hurt among the position players are always hurt.
And he didn't dominate that league. ERA of 4.35, home run rate of 1.2 per 9 was quite a bit higher than league average of .9, and his K rate, while good at 10.9 wasn't dramatically higher than the 10/9 averaged in that league.
Shuster and Schewmake were obviously trash when they were acquired. That entire trade was a hope and a prayer that Soroka would revert to a level he hadn't been at in 5 years.
Baseball is hilarious sometimes. Twins hammered 4 balls last inning with nothing to show for it. Sox hit the ball very weakly in consecutive at bats and score a run.
He's played 130 games one time in 4 full seasons. Has not even played 100 games the other 3 seasons (including this year where he almost certainly won't).
And lol at $20m per WAR in free agency.
Never should have been hired the first time. Was downright laughable the second time. A purely nepotism hire and his teams no matter who he is coaching never have a plan in attack.
Yep, Shuster's BWAR is totally luck driven. His ERA is more than a full run lower than his FIP and his expected ERA and expected FIP are much worse than his FIP.