I was wondering if anyone has any stats to compare our bullpen's performance in the first half vs the second half. Its no secret our pen in the second half has been just about awful. It was almost automatic that the pen would come in and close the door in the first half, now it almost automatic that they will either blow the lead or surrender runs in one form or the other. Back in June on Sunday night baseball Joe Morgan even called our bullpen "the best I have ever seen". There is no way he would say that now. And whats even worse is that it seems the sept call ups have made our team, pitching wise, worse. The mere availability and subsuquent "we have to use them somewhere" theory with Macdougal, Wasserman, Logan, Broadway (the clown car, b squad, whatever u want to call them) has cost us games, its kinda of sick.

 

P.S. And to no ones surprise 2nite when Ozzie brought the clown car into a tie game on the road in the 7th inning they immediately surrendered the lead and we lost.

Let's not forget about the disaster that has been Boone Logan. When he was right and Linebrink was healthy we had a lockdown 'pen.

Edited September 16, 200817 yr by Jordan4life

 

Looking for me? You really don't have to go into the stats to tell you whats been wrong. Linebrink has been absent from the pen, and Kalapse covered Dotel yesterday. It isn't a hard formula to figure out.

 

What exactly did he say about Dotel I must have missed it?

 

Basically that Dotel has easily pitched his most innings in 4 or 5 years and is probably worn down more than anything. Which makes perfect sense.

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=1743642

 

Yep thanks. I agree with everything he said. Man our team is old on all sides no wonder we always tend to break down in the second half

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=1743642

 

Which is what happens when the front part of your pen stinks. The good guys get overpitched trying to keep you in a pennant race. Basically it was a no win situation for Ozzie.

Yes and no. Look at Danks, or even Lexi. Danks has really seemed to hit a wall(at a point where he has never pitched this many innings) and Lexi has never played a season this long. It takes a toll even though their bodies are young. I really don't know the reason the Sox seem to fade in the 2nd half.

Was I the only one who watched him shut out the paws down cats for 6 innings on Sunday?