We’re in the home stretch of the 2016 season, and the bullpen continues to be the strongest area of the Oakland A’s. The offense is somewhere in the bottom 10 of MLB, the defense is dead last, and the rotation is one of the five or so worst in the game. But the pen ranks middle of the pack in ERA and WAR, offsetting a couple too many blown saves with an AL-leading rate of stranding inherited runners.
Most of that has remained true in the second half. The defense and rotation are still bad, and the offense has moved up a few spots but not to the level of league-average.