Red Sox bullpen pitching woes since the All-Star break

What is going on with the Boston Red Sox bullpen? To be honest. Nothing. They just aren't good enough.

Let's take a look at the American League pitching numbers since the All-Star game.

First we parse out the relief pitchers in the AL.

Red Sox are 13th in team ERA and 14th in WHIP. To make matters worse, the Sox have the least worked bullpen in the AL since the All-Star game. A measly 82 1/3 innings pitched.

The Red Sox relief pitchers should be better rested than any team in the league. And they are still horrible.

Sorted by ERA.
League avg ERA (3.63), WHIP (1.24).

TEAM	APP	W	L	PCT	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
NYY	96	5	2	0.714	105 2/3	80	34	9	45	115	2.90	1.18
OAK	93	6	4	0.600	113 2/3	83	37	10	51	105	2.93	1.18
TBR	85	1	6	0.143	88 1/3	83	30	13	25	86	3.06	1.22
TOR	93	5	3	0.625	94 2/3	82	35	10	25	97	3.33	1.13
TEX	88	9	3	0.750	94 1/3	84	35	7	29	83	3.34	1.20
DET	91	6	7	0.462	94	88	35	13	29	75	3.35	1.24
BAL	83	5	2	0.714	99 1/3	72	38	8	39	92	3.44	1.12
LAA	96	4	3	0.571	106	90	41	15	29	97	3.48	1.12
MIN	94	6	1	0.857	115 1/3	116	48	14	34	96	3.75	1.30
CLE	96	4	4	0.500	99	89	42	11	32	89	3.82	1.22
SEA	91	7	4	0.636	97 1/3	89	44	13	25	98	4.07	1.17
HOU	86	1	4	0.200	101 2/3	100	46	18	27	128	4.07	1.25
BOS	87	6	8	0.429	82 1/3	82	38	7	38	76	4.15	1.46
KCR	81	5	7	0.417	91	89	45	12	32	88	4.45	1.33
CHW	100	8	7	0.533	100 2/3	98	50	16	52	89	4.47	1.49

Here are the individual numbers for the Red Sox relief pitchers since the All-Star break.

Sorted by ERA.

PLAYER	G	W	L	WPct	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Koji Uehara	3	0	0	0.000	2 1/3	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00
Craig Kimbrel	6	1	0	1.000	6	1	1	0	6	11	1.50	1.17
Robert Ross	14	1	1	0.500	15 1/3	8	3	0	6	13	1.76	0.91
Joseph Kelly	3	0	0	0.000	3 2/3	4	1	0	2	1	2.45	1.64
Brad Ziegler	14	1	3	0.250	13 2/3	14	4	1	6	15	2.63	1.46
Clay Buchholz	8	1	0	1.000	10 1/3	7	4	0	1	5	3.48	0.77
Elias Roenis	1	0	0	0.000	2	4	1	0	0	0	4.50	2.00
Tom Layne	7	0	1	0.000	3 2/3	6	2	0	2	2	4.91	2.18
Matt Barnes	11	1	0	1.000	13	12	8	1	5	15	5.54	1.31
Junichi Tazawa	9	1	1	0.500	7	12	7	3	5	7	9.00	2.43
Fernando Abad	7	0	2	0.000	4	7	5	1	3	3	11.25	2.50
Heath Hembree	4	0	0	0.000	1 1/3	7	2	1	2	1	13.50	6.75

Now the team numbers for starting pitching since the All-Star break.

Red Sox are 3rd in the AL in ERA (3.41) and 3rd in WHIP (1.17)

Sorted by ERA.
League avg ERA (4.24), WHIP (1.29).

TEAM	GS	W	L	PCT	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
TBR	31	15	9	0.625	186 2/3	156	59	22	51	182	2.84	1.11
DET	32	12	7	0.632	192 2/3	166	67	25	50	165	3.13	1.12
BOS	33	12	7	0.632	206	189	78	21	53	167	3.41	1.17
KCR	33	11	10	0.524	203 2/3	189	84	33	63	167	3.71	1.24
TOR	30	13	9	0.591	180 1/3	165	77	24	52	170	3.84	1.20
SEA	31	12	8	0.600	188	178	82	27	53	151	3.93	1.23
BAL	33	11	15	0.423	186 2/3	174	86	27	75	164	4.15	1.33
CHW	32	4	13	0.235	183 2/3	181	85	23	55	142	4.17	1.28
TEX	32	9	11	0.450	187 2/3	189	90	31	63	163	4.32	1.34
HOU	32	12	15	0.444	185 2/3	193	91	24	52	183	4.41	1.32
NYY	32	12	13	0.480	180 1/3	179	93	32	55	167	4.64	1.30
CLE	31	13	10	0.565	175	175	94	30	61	158	4.83	1.35
MIN	33	11	15	0.423	181 2/3	213	110	32	45	127	5.45	1.42
OAK	32	8	14	0.364	173 1/3	204	107	31	43	115	5.56	1.43
LAA	32	10	15	0.400	170	212	107	30	61	118	5.66	1.61

Now the team numbers for the entire pitching staff since the All-Star break.

Red Sox are 3rd in the AL in ERA (3.62) and tied for 5th in WHIP (1.26).

Sorted by ERA.
League avg ERA (4.03), WHIP (1.27).

TM	G	W	L	W-L%	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
TBR	31	16	15	0.516	275	239	89	35	76	268	2.91	1.15
DET	32	18	14	0.563	286 2/3	254	102	38	79	240	3.20	1.16
BOS	33	18	15	0.545	288 1/3	271	116	28	91	243	3.62	1.26
TOR	30	18	12	0.600	275	247	112	34	77	267	3.67	1.18
BAL	33	16	17	0.485	286	246	124	35	114	256	3.90	1.26
KCR	33	16	17	0.485	294 2/3	278	129	45	95	255	3.94	1.27
SEA	31	19	12	0.613	285 1/3	267	126	40	78	249	3.97	1.21
TEX	32	18	14	0.563	282	273	125	38	92	246	3.99	1.29
NYY	32	17	15	0.531	286	259	127	41	100	282	4.00	1.26
CHW	32	12	20	0.375	284 1/3	279	135	39	107	231	4.27	1.36
HOU	32	13	19	0.406	287 1/3	293	137	42	79	311	4.29	1.29
CLE	31	17	14	0.548	274	264	136	41	93	247	4.47	1.30
OAK	32	14	18	0.438	287	287	144	41	94	220	4.52	1.33
MIN	33	17	16	0.515	297	329	158	46	79	223	4.79	1.37
LAA	32	14	18	0.438	276	302	148	45	90	215	4.83	1.42