Ordinarily, a team that is a seller at the deadline gets worse.
Boston was 10-20 in the first 30 games (.333) and have gone 12-15 since (.444).
Meanwhile:
- Kevin Pillar has posted an .806 OPS in Colorado, which is (hilariously) considerably worse on a park-adjusted basis than his .795 at sea level. 111 OPS+ in Boston; 102 in Colorado.
- Mitch Moreland has posted a .498 OPS in 17 games for San Diego after posting a 1.177 for us. 8 HR in 22 games in Boston; 1 in 17 games in San Diego.
- Heath Hembree posted a FIP over 13 for Philadelphia and is on the DL.
- Brandon Workman has a FIP just shy of 7 and has blown 3 out of 8 saves.
Philadelphia traded us a haul in young starting pitching, and the guys we sent them made their bullpen
worse. They're probably going to miss the postseason because they sent us a good package to acquire a proven closer instead of just, like, picking someone up off waivers or letting Pivetta close.