2011 White Sox Bullpen in 12 games....6 blown saves in 7 opportunities=14% success rate

 

Pace for 162 games=81 blown saves

 

 

 

2010 WORST MLB BULLPENS

 

Baltimore 35 SV/62 SVO (27 blown saves)=56.5%

Florida 39/64=61%

Arizona 35/59=59%

 

For White Sox to beat Baltimore, they'd have to go 35/55 the rest of the way=63.6%

 

St. Louis Cardinals have only 10 blown saves in the entire season, AL average is 18

 

 

2009 WORST MLB BULLPENS

 

Seattle 49/77 (28 blown saves)=63.6%

Washington 33/58=57%

Baltimore 31/53=58%

 

For White Sox to beat Seattle, they'd have to go 49/70 the rest of the way=70%

 

Oakland and Cincy lead majors with 12 total blown saves, AL average is 19

 

 

2008 WORST MLB BULLPENS

 

Seattle 36/67 (31 blown saves)=54%

St. Louis 42/73=58%

Detroit 34/62=55%

 

For White Sox to beat Seattle, they'd have to go 36/60 the rest of the way=60%

 

New York Yankees have 9 blown saves the entire season, 21 is the AL average

 

 

2007 WORST MLB BULLPENS

 

Colorado Rockies 39/68 (29 blown saves)=57%

 

Boston and St. Louis have 11 blown saves for entire season, AL average is 19 blown saves

 

 

2006 WORST MLB BULLPENS

 

Kansas City Royals 35/66 (31 blown saves)=53%

 

White Sox only have to go 35/57 (61%) to beat the Royals

 

Minnesota Twins have 10 blown saves for the season, AL average is 20

 

 

 

2005 Chicago White Sox

54/73=74% success ratio, but only two blown saves led directly to losses in the first 86 games

 

 

2010 SOX 43/57=75.4%

2009 SOX 36/54=66.7%

2008 SOX 34/52=65.4%

2007 SOX 42/65=64.6%

2006 SOX 46/63=73%

2005 SOX 54/73=74%

2004 SOX 34/46=74%

2003 SOX 36/53=68%

2002 SOX 35/46=76.1%

Edited April 14, 201114 yr by caulfield12

Only thing of interest here is your last stat showing how our success rate has been between the 65 and 70 range. That's where we'll end up - this debacle won't last all year.

Seriously I quit reading when you extrapolated out blown saves over the course of a season.

Seriously I quit reading when you extrapolated out blown saves over the course of a season.

 

But that means Vizquel is gonna hit .455 this season!!! I'm pumped for that

Seriously I quit reading when you extrapolated out blown saves over the course of a season.

 

 

Of course.

 

This team's still on a pace for 94.5 wins and 67.5 losses.

 

With the worst bullpen in baseball history for the first twelve games of a season.

 

Let's wait for Hawk's magical 54-60 game benchmark (end of May/early June) and then we'll see where the trend line lies.

 

 

Actually, and I'm a fairly consistent Ozzie supporter...but one thing that really pissed me off was the post-game comments, where he was b****ing about how the guys who get the saves are the "heroes" and the media loves them, but when the bullpen fails, the reporters are grilling him over the coals. You'd think after 30 years in baseball, he'd understand the nature of the beast. I guess more "Ozzie being Ozzie" with that. One area where the team can definitely look to save money in the future is the manager's contract. Hopefully if the team comes up short again, JR won't accept any more excuses for underperformance with the $128 million payroll.

 

"I see the same (stuff) you guys see. Exactly same (stuff)," Guillen said. "I might call (former Sox closer) Bobby Thigpen to help us. You know why? When we play good, they send those guys to this damn table and (you) talk to them like heroes. When we (mess) it up, I'm the one who has to … sit here and talk to you guys." Watch up for that bus coming up in the rearview window, guys.

 

 

Unfortunately, that won't counterbalance the effects of Teahen's contract and possibly Thornton's now, too. And right now I'd say 75% of the blame lies with KW and the rest of the front office for 1) rolling the dice with Thornton and 2) letting Putz go without making more of an effort to keep him as the closer and using some of the money they're allocating to Thornton ($5.5 million per year) to sweeten the offer to Putz.

Edited April 14, 201114 yr by caulfield12

We will win it all. I feel strongly about that amnd not both ways either. Things in the pen will get turned around

Edited April 14, 201114 yr by elrockinMT

History has shown guys without former closer's pedigrees are able to get the job done (short-term or long-term) in Chicago...

 

 

Bobby Thigpen

Roberto Hernandez

Bobby Howry

Keith Foulke

Shingo Takatsu

Damaso Marte

Tom Gordon (one of the few exceptions)

Dustin Hermanson

Bobby Jenks

 

I'm going to bet on Santos being the next. The highest profile guy, Billy Koch, was probably the biggest disappointment vis a vis expectations.

 

 

Edited April 14, 201114 yr by caulfield12

End my life.