1/9 of the way through:

by xian on Apr 23, 2006 9:14 PM CDT

Kenny Williams hoped that his moves through the off-season would upgrade the Sox's World Champion below-average offense, while also improving what was already one of the best rotations in the game.

This was vital as it was pretty unlikely that the Bullpen could repeat its performance from last year.

So, small sample sizes aside, here's how they stand so far:

Offense:
4th in runs per game.
4th in AVG
7th in SLG
T-2nd in OBP
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Pitching:
4th in runs allowed per game
3rd in Opponent OBA
7th in Opponent SLG
T-4th in WHIP
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Defense:
BP's stats page is down, but according to MLB.com
8th in DEF EFF

Of course, BP does only have us at a 42.6% of making the playoffs...

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Are these AL rankings or overall?

-Jeeves www.chisoxblog.blogspot.com

by jeeves on Apr 23, 2006 9:45 PM CDT reply actions

Sorry.

Thanks, I forgot to label them as MLB rankings...

by xian on Apr 23, 2006 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Pythag--

Sox are 2nd in pythag right now--only one run behind the Yankees.

This team is winning blowouts--forget "luck" in one run games.

by madvillian on Apr 23, 2006 10:48 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah...

To solidify the "blowout" thing. During this win streak the Sox have outscored the other teams 50-13.

AIM: BrentBrookhouse

by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 24, 2006 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions

OBP

I'm not surprised at all by the OBP ranking. We have a ton of walks this year. I don't know if that's the coaches influence, or if Thome is leading by example.

-Jeeves www.chisoxblog.blogspot.com

by jeeves on Apr 24, 2006 3:50 PM CDT reply actions

OBP

Well, Thome's 20BBs certainly don't hurt, but Walker was talking in the off-season how he was unsatisfied with the team's hitting eye and wanted to work on that in the spring so...

by xian on Apr 24, 2006 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions