The Boston Red Sox have been having their best season in years, but recently problems have been arising for them, and people have noticed.
Bleacher Report’s Zachary Rymer was one of them, as he pointed out he thinks the Sox’ biggest red flag is the collapse of their bullpen in recent games.
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“The Red Sox bullpen deserves its share of the credit for putting a playoff spot well within reach. It has a solid 3.50 ERA for the season, and it also ranks third in the league in fWAR,” Rymer wrote. “August is proving to be a different story, though, with Boston relievers posting a 4.69 ERA and a dangerously low strikeout rate of 7.31 per nine innings. And it’s costing the team, which has sunk into the third wild-card spot.”
Honestly, Rymer is correct. The biggest thing that’s killed the Sox’ momentum is their bullpen. Luckily, the Sox have figured this out, and have gotten rid of most of their pitchers that blow games. They designated Jorge Alcala for assignment, they optioned Isaiah Campbell back to AAA, and they brought up Richard Fitts in a reliever role instead of starting.
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Hopefully, with these moves, they make a few more. The Sox need to get back one of their premier relievers in Justin Slaten, and probably should promote a top pitching prospect to the bullpen, such as Payton Tolle or David Sandlin.
The Sox had better have figured things out, as they enter rival territory tonight with Wildcard slots on the line, against the New York Yankees at 7:15pm EST.
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