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Introducing BBI: How We Actually Score a Bullpen
The 2023 NLDS raised a specific problem that ERA could not answer. The Dodgers finished with the best run differential in baseball that season. Arizona swept them in three games in a best-of-five, with roughly half the Dodger payroll. The first post on this site tried to explain what happened to the bullpen. Three seasons…
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The Ground Ball Bullpen: Built, Lost, and What It Cost the Dodgers
The 2023 Dodger bullpen had a ground ball rate of .480 and a walk rate of 2.57 BB/9. Three seasons later both metrics have reversed. The Pythagorean gap is part of the cost.
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LAD 5, LAA 13: The Seventh Inning Is the Story
The Dodgers fought back from 6-1 to trail by one in the sixth. The seventh inning undid everything. Jordan Hernandez walked the first batter. It always starts with a walk.