Comments on: Carson Smith’s Uniquely Dominant Skillset http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/18/carson-smiths-uniquely-dominant-skillset/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Matt Collins http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/18/carson-smiths-uniquely-dominant-skillset/#comment-5920 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:36:05 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3600#comment-5920 The Astros bullpen was 2nd in fWAR last year, and 27th the year before. Relievers and bullpens are weird like that.

]]> By: Ben Carsley http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/18/carson-smiths-uniquely-dominant-skillset/#comment-5919 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:31:59 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3600#comment-5919 That’s fair, but with two top-20 relievers and four top-50 relievers, it’s probably in the good-to-great range.

]]> By: harmony http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/18/carson-smiths-uniquely-dominant-skillset/#comment-5887 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:00:29 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=3600#comment-5887 The Red Sox bullpen finished a distant last in fWAR last year.

The addition of 110 innings from Craig Kimbrel and Carson Smith could lift the Sox into the middle tier of bullpens … an improvement that enhances the team’s postseason chances.

However, I would stop short of calling the Red Sox bullpen “great.”

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