Bullpen Dominance
What has come to be expected of the Indians’ bullpen is nothing short of miraculous.
In a day and age where teams need a strong pen that can shuffle around guys to close out games, the Indians have become the best of the best in 2017 and caused great frustration to their opponents as the window for scoring against Cleveland has shrunk to just the first six or so innings.
Surpassing the White Sox earlier this week for the best rated bullpen, the Indians control teams past the six at an impressive rate. With a team ERA of 1.75 in 92.2 innings of work, the bullpen has now allowed just one, ONE, run over the last 44 innings of work (0.21 ERA).
We know the eye-popping numbers for Andrew Miller (but just to reiterate he’s 2-0, 0.00 ERA in 16.2 innings with 22 Ks) and the reliever of the month of April in closer Cody Allen (0.69 ERA, 9 saves, 24 Ks in 13 innings of work), but the star-studded cast is so much more than Miller and Allen.
Coming in for the ninth and not allowing Toronto much of anything, Nick Goody has posted a 0.00 ERA in 10.1 innings of work and really gained the trust of manager Terry Francona as well as his teammates as a guy who can come into tough spots and prevent a team from scoring.
Dan Otero and Bryan Shaw have been very effective in good use this season. Both players were intracule parts of the 2016 World Series run, have fit in nicely again this season with Shaw posting a 2.63 in 13.2 innings of work while Otero controls a 3.18 ERA in 11.1 innings of use.
Not to go unnoticed, Chris McAlister has been very effective as a stop-the-bleeding type of guy for the team if games get a bit out of hand. Not typically seen with a close lead, McAlister has a 1.42 ERA in 12.2 innings of use.
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