Is Cleveland's bullpen bad to historical proportions?

Fish on The Sand
06-08-2004, 08:52 PM
I mean this is nuts. They only have about a 40% save rate, and they blew not 1, but 2 saves today in the same game. They have one of the top rotations, and one of the better offences.(best in obp). Yet, the team is 5 games under .500 because there bullpen sucks. They could be winning the division, and rather easily I might add, if their bullpen wasnt so ghastly. Its literally getting to the point where anything short of a complete game from the starter means a loss.

in the hall
06-08-2004, 08:57 PM
They have one of the top rotations, and one of the better offences.
easy tiger..

Fish on The Sand
06-09-2004, 01:48 AM
easy tiger..
look at the stats......
Starting Pitching

ERA 2nd in AL
Fewest Home Runs Against
2nd fewest earned runs
3rd fewest hits allowed, fewest among staffs with 300+ ip


Offense

6th in ba
lead majors in obp
4th in stolen bases
3rd in walks
6th in runs
6th in hits
5th in doubles

As you can see, they have a top 3 rotation, and a top 5 offense. Last time I checked, teams like that win division titles as long as there bullpen is even close to average, but in clevelands case, their pen is worse than just plain bad. the stats I'm about to show you are some of the most disgusting stats you will see.

dead last in majors in era(5.94) 5.94 wtf is that. 5 point ****ing 94!!!!!!!!!!
7 for 20 in save oppurtunities. 7 of 20. That is beyond bad, that is downright disgusting. 35% wtf is that, 35%. There are numerous players with higher batting averages
11-17 record. Atrocious
last in hr allowed. in fact, they have allowed 14 more than the next closest staff
first in hits against, 20 more than next closes, in 10 fewer ip
most losses
last in runs, 32 more than next closest staff

stats i cant find: baa I am 100% sure they also rank dead last in that category as well.

ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the goat of the year, the Cleveland Indians bullpen. Theya re so bad, they take a team who is playing at a high enough level to win their division and make them look average to bad. I would like to know of any other previous bullpens that were this bad, if there are any. I mean these stats are so horrifying that they have to be historic.

V for Voodoo
06-09-2004, 04:17 AM
Eerie, because last i checked, the Habs couldn't close out games in which they had the lead either.

MacDaddy TLC*
06-09-2004, 09:55 AM
Eerie, because last i checked, the Habs couldn't close out games in which they had the lead either.
his football team is the Kansas City Chiefs and they demonstrated a very effective way of closing a football season. :lol

Fire Millen
06-09-2004, 10:18 AM
Dont feel bad FOTS, the Tigers bullpen isn't much better. Well besides rubber arm Jaime Walker and Uggie Urbina who is still "getting into shape"

in the hall
06-09-2004, 11:07 AM
look at the stats......
Starting Pitching

ERA 2nd in AL
Fewest Home Runs Against
2nd fewest earned runs
3rd fewest hits allowed, fewest among staffs with 300+ ip


Offense

6th in ba
lead majors in obp
4th in stolen bases
3rd in walks
6th in runs
6th in hits
5th in doubles

As you can see, they have a top 3 rotation, and a top 5 offense. Last time I checked, teams like that win division titles as long as there bullpen is even close to average, but in clevelands case, their pen is worse than just plain bad. the stats I'm about to show you are some of the most disgusting stats you will see.

dead last in majors in era(5.94) 5.94 wtf is that. 5 point ****ing 94!!!!!!!!!!
7 for 20 in save oppurtunities. 7 of 20. That is beyond bad, that is downright disgusting. 35% wtf is that, 35%. There are numerous players with higher batting averages
11-17 record. Atrocious
last in hr allowed. in fact, they have allowed 14 more than the next closest staff
first in hits against, 20 more than next closes, in 10 fewer ip
most losses
last in runs, 32 more than next closest staff

stats i cant find: baa I am 100% sure they also rank dead last in that category as well.

ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the goat of the year, the Cleveland Indians bullpen. Theya re so bad, they take a team who is playing at a high enough level to win their division and make them look average to bad. I would like to know of any other previous bullpens that were this bad, if there are any. I mean these stats are so horrifying that they have to be historic.
statistically Mets have the best pitching staff in baseball............... yeah right.....

stats are misleading, teams playing above their class will start to go to form around now

Fish on The Sand
06-09-2004, 03:46 PM
statistically Mets have the best pitching staff in baseball............... yeah right.....

stats are misleading, teams playing above their class will start to go to form around now
The tribes rotation isnt playing over their heads though. Sabathia is doing as expected, as is Lee. On offense, Hafner is probably playing a notch or 2 higher than expected, as is Belliard, but by the same token, Escobar and Broussard are playing considerably worse than expected, so even if Belliard and hafner come down to earth, you can expect Escobar and Broussard to pick it up a little. Basically, your reasoning for your unacceptance of the tribes starting and hitting success is but their the Indians, despite the stats prove you wrong.

Fire Sather
06-09-2004, 07:06 PM
statistically Mets have the best pitching staff in baseball............... yeah right.....

stats are misleading, teams playing above their class will start to go to form around now

yeah they sure do, and if we hit more we would be in first place.

Glavine-Leiter-Tracshel is not a bad 1-2-3

Matt Ginter has been very solid too.. but I cant expect him to keep that up.

in the hall
06-10-2004, 12:18 AM
yeah they sure do, and if we hit more we would be in first place.

Glavine-Leiter-Tracshel is not a bad 1-2-3

Matt Ginter has been very solid too.. but I cant expect him to keep that up.
Glavine-Leiter-Trax is a very good 1-2-3 but aside from Looper, Moreno who's now on the DL and Bottalico, that is it.. everyone else is just crap

not even close to being the best pitching staff in baseball, I bet there is atleast on pitcher on 20 other teams that i'd rather have over everyone on this staff