this post compares royals relief pitchers innings and production from 2014 to 2015!!!!
the first numbers are 2014 and the second are 2015
overall relief pitchers
464 IP, 3.30 ERA
539 IP, 2.72 ERA
Davis
72 IP, 1.00 ERA
67 IP, 0.94 ERA
Herrera
70 IP, 1.41 ERA
69 IP, 2.71 ERA
Holland
62 IP, 1.44 ERA
44 IP, 3.83 ERA
Crow 14 - Madson 15
59 IP, 4.12 ERA
63 IP, 2.13 ERA
Coleman 14 - Morales 15
34 IP, 5.56 ERA
62 IP, 3.18 ERA
Bueno 14 - Hochevar 15
32 IP, 4.18 ERA
50 IP, 3.73 ERA
Mariot 14 - Young 15
25 IP, 6.48 ERA
24 IP, 2.59 ERA
Collins 14 - Finnegan 15
21 IP, 3.86 ERA
24 IP, 2.96 ERA
Frasor
17 IP, 1.53 ERA
23 IP, 1.54 ERA
Downs 14 - Blanton 15
14 IP, 3.14 ERA
23 IP, 2.74 ERA
my takeaway: how could anybody not think our bullpen was much much much deeper in 2015? all the above numbers do not include the playoffs.
Davis remained freakishly good, Herrera regressed a bit but is still very very good. Holland was broken. Frasor was the exact same. Every single other relief pitcher was replaced by a better pitcher. I mean look at going from Aaron GD Crow to Ryan GD Madson. wow.
overall relievers pitched 75 more innings in 2015 than in 2014. Yet no individual pitcher pitched more than last year. so where did the innings come from? Mostly Morales and Hochevar, who pitched a combined 112 innings, compared to (the vastly shittier) Coleman and Bueno, who only pitched a combined 66 innings.
summary: dayton and ned are humongous studs with 2 giant brains and 4 giant balls shared between them. wow, what a season. i mean that's how you F'ing compile and use a bullpen.
