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Reds tidbits 2016 (Sponge Bob Tight Canadian Pants)

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CFPBuckeye said:
Is he pitching? Or taking a Price?

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Btw, +1 for @Jaxbuck for getting the Bunk up in here.
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I'm pretty sure you'll throw more strikes if you watch where the fuck you are throwing the ball instead of looking at the pretty laces while you're throwing it!
 
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Some updated bullpen stats from the steers & queers hanging out there.
  • Bullpen has allowed 92 runs as a team. TWENTY-SEVEN fucking runs more than the second worst bullpen performance in MLB (so far).
  • Bullpen ERA has crept down to sit at a robust 6.43. Texas is second worst at 5.09. Colorado is down to 4.69
  • 1.76 ERA difference between them and guys who pitch in Coors field.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
Some updated bullpen stats from the steers & queers hanging out there.
  • Bullpen has allowed 92 runs as a team. TWENTY-SEVEN fucking runs more than the second worst bullpen performance in MLB (so far).
  • Bullpen ERA has crept down to sit at a robust 6.43. Texas is second worst at 5.09. Colorado is down to 4.69
  • 1.76 ERA difference between them and guys who pitch in Coors field.
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http://www.hardballtimes.com/ten-things-i-didnt-know-about-bullpens/

2. Worst bullpens ever
Every yin must have its yang, so let’s look at the opposite end. What are the worst bullpens ever? Without looking, my guess would be the 1930 Phillies. Their bullpen ERA was 8.15, the only one on retrosheet that’s higher than 8.00. In fact, it’s the only one higher than 7.00. OK, that’s bad. Added bonus: throw in unearned runs and they allowed more than a run per inning. Yikes.

Still, adjust for park and era (both of which kill the 1930 Phils), and someone else lands on bottom: it’s a tie between the 1920 Cubs and 1938 Pirates, each with an ERA+ of 60.

That Pirate team is a fairly (in)famous squad. They paced their season like they did their ballgames: blowing a seven-game lead in the season’s final month. The flop culminated inGabby Hartnett‘s famous “Homer in the Gloamin’” which the Hall of Famer wrapped up a comeback win for the Cubs with a walk-off homer in the ninth.

Naturally, Hartnett’s homer was off a reliever. It was a game-winning homer because the Pirates pen allowed a pair of runs the previous inning. Yeah, those relievers weren’t very good.

Still, it’s not entirely fair to call those teams the worst bullpens ever. The 1920 Cubs relievers tossed only 202 innings and the 1938 Pirates were well under 300. The worst bullpen with more than 400 innings was the 1953 Tigers (66 ERA+ in 402.1 IP).

Working upward, the 1967 Astros had an ERA+ of 70 in 427.1 innings. The 1955 A’s threw 482 reliever innings, with an ERA+ of 72. That was their first season in Kansas City – a helluva way to get started. The 2007 Devil Rays had a 75 ERA+ in 497 innings. That’s the worst bullpen of recent times.

Depending on how you weigh innings with ineptitude, one of the above is the worst ever.
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Time to start tracking against some of this
 
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Bullpen ERA now 6.34
next highest team: 4.94
Bullpen leads (30th) MLB in Runs allowed, earned runs allowed, hits, walks, home runs and, of course, blown saves.
For bonus fun go to FG and look at which team throws the most (3rd most actually) fastballs and which team has the worst fastball pitch value (by more than double the second worst) in baseball. I bet you'll never guess which team it is.

Starters are 15th in ERA but have the 4th fewest IP of any staff in baseball

Team Defense, by FG defensive WAR, is middle of the road at 1.4 which is 13th in MLB

Offense has the 2nd lowest OBP in baseball and 4th lowest wRC+. They have, to date, actually scored enough runs to be 19th in that category but peripherals scream that it can't possibly last.

Reds Fever. Catch it.
 
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Most blown saves in baseball and they don't even get many chances. They've had what? 11 chances? These girls are impressive!

22nd in MLB in save opportunities (11)

1st!!! in MLB in blown saves (8)
 
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Jaxbuck said:
73% of the time they convert the opportunity to blow

motherfuckers are clutch
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I only watch to witness this historically disgraceful bullpen. That said...this season has been a HUGE success!

I told my fianceè the other night that I wanted to watch the last few innings because the bullpen was making history. She thought it meant the Reds were doing well! :rofl:
 
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