The Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox each had a good bullpen during the regular season, and the two groups posted pretty similar numbers. Tribe relievers had a collective ERA of 3.45 and FIP of 3.66, with 9.09 strikeouts per nine inning, 3.39 walks per nine innings, and 0.94 home runs per nine innings, while the BoSox group had a 3.56 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 9.70 K/9, 3.69 BB/9, and 0.90 HR/9. Both teams play their home games at ballparks that favor hitters, and adjusting for park factors doesn't do anything to separate the two, as their ERA- and FIP- are each only one point apart.
Which bullpen has the edge between Indians and Red Sox?
