Starting pitching wins championships, right? Well, no. It’s never a good idea to reduce baseball to such simplistic cliches. But starting pitching is still damn important, even if it becomes increasingly less so as bullpens inexorably account for more and more innings pitched every season.
So, let’s take a look at where the Sox starters stand statistically so far this year.
Boston Red Sox starters are:
- 29th in ERA;
- 28th in home run rate;
- 28th in fWAR;
- 27th in quality starts;
- 27th in batting average against;
- 26th in innings pitched per start;
- 26th in FIP; and
- Dead last in hard-hit percentage.