As we all know by now, the Red Sox, with a 78-84 record, finished the 2015 season in last place in the AL East for the third time in the last four years. Although many have dissected and opined on what the root cause of the 2015 season was, a look at the numbers makes one thing very clear: the weakest aspect of last season’s Red Sox was the right side of the bullpen.
The Red Sox offense scored 748 runs in 2015, which was fourth-best in all of baseball. As for their starting pitching, although they struggled during the first half of the season, so did the starters of the eventual World Series champion Royals.