Before Boston Marathon Monday April 18th game updated Boston Red Sox actual won-lost records

Michael Wacha (Photo from MLB.com Video; https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-red-sox/2022/04/17/663308#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=663308)

I don't care what anyone else thinks. Michael Wacha SHOULD HAVE been the winning pitcher in yesterday's game for the Boston Red Sox.

The only reason that didn't happen was because the Boston Red Sox had not scored any runs offensively when he had already been taken out of the game. The game was scoreless at that point. He pitched five scoreless innings (and he had a scoreless start for the first time this regular season on Sunday).

Wacha has been a part of one Red Sox win and a part of one Red Sox loss now.

Matt Strahm definitely should not have got the win yesterday. He only deserved the winning pitcher title for yesterday's game as a Red Sox pitcher more than Ryan Brasier.

Strahm finally gave up a partial run yesterday in a game he has pitched in for the first time this regular season (by allowing Max Kepler to get a single and Red Sox pitcher Ryan Brasier eventually allowed Kepler to score).

Officially, Strahm gets blamed for 1 run and 1 earned run while Brasier gets blamed for nothing.

But let's be realistic, no human being really thinks that way (and certainly the Boston Red Sox and manager Alex Cora don't).

I won't be surprised if Strahm gives up a partial run or a run within his next two games.

Strahm has been a part of 3 Red Sox wins and 2 losses this regular season.

Ryan Brasier has cost the Boston Red Sox a sum total of 1.792 wins this season if you were to automatically assume that the Red Sox had actually lost in every game he has pitched in so far this regular season (5 games). But the Red Sox have not. Brasier has actually lost .625 games (out of three Red Sox losses when he actually pitched) so far this regular season.

He also has given up a higher percentage of runs when the Red Sox have won than when they have lost. Brasier has given up two out of nine runs in 1 inning pitched when the Red Sox lost (for the games he actually gave up runs) or two out of 17 runs in 2 innings pitched (for all games that he pitched in when the Red Sox have lost) while he gave up two out of four runs in 1 1/3 innings pitched when the Red Sox have won.

His stats are so misleading as he has only given up 1 run and 1 earned run officially in 3 1/3 innings pitched.

He definitely should have been the losing pitcher in Sunday's game for the Red Sox (if the Red Sox would have actually lost). The Red Sox won the game 8-1.

Brasier also definitely SHOULD NOT have received credit for a hold. (If there's anyone who should have received Brasier's hold yesterday, it should have been Matt Strahm. In Major League Baseball, I'm not an expert, but it is hard to keep any team scoreless for the first six innings of a game.)

Keeping the lead for the Red Sox, yes, Brasier deserved a hold, but he should not have received a hold since he was mostly responsible for allowing Max Kepler to score in the top of the seventh inning when the Red Sox already had a 2-0 lead. (The Red Sox scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.)

Brasier still hasn't given up a partial run or a run yet when the Red Sox have actually won the game yet. So if you want to play the extremist card, Brasier hasn't really won anything yet in the five games he has pitched in. The Red Sox are 2 and 3 in his five regular season games he has pitched in.

Jake Diekman and Austin Davis were perfect yesterday in terms of getting out every batter they faced.

Diekman only got a hold in the top of the eighth with a 2-1 Boston lead because the Red Sox offense finally decided to really show up with six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. If there's any Red Sox pitcher who probably deserved to get a save (if a save would have been handed out), it was Diekman.

And because of that six-run outburst, Austin Davis did not receive credit for a save. But really, whoever the Red Sox closer was yesterday probably lost out on a potential save (probably Hansel Robles), because it likely wasn't Austin Davis.

Jake Diekman has been lights out so far this season and it seems like Austin Davis is probably going to give up a run or a partial run in one of his next two games since he has been lights out in his last two games. I guess we will see what happens.

The Red Sox are 3-1 in games Diekman has pitched in and they are 2-3 in games Davis has pitched in.

Michael Wacha absolutely better be ready to pitch against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night. Because the Rays have been waiting to get a piece of the Red Sox since the end of last year's ALDS. Current Detroit Tigers player Austin Meadows, a former Ray, already proved that fact on Monday, April 11th.

Wacha should be very upset that he doesn't have at least one win (in two starts) with how low his 0.96 ERA is so far this regular season.

The number one major question for Friday night should be, will the Red Sox offense actually show up to score runs for Wacha?

And will Austin Davis or Ryan Brasier (like on April 11th) find a way to not get a Red Sox win (and mess things up for Wacha)?

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Actual won-lost records in the 2022 regular season for Boston Red Sox pitchers depending on the Boston Red Sox win/loss result for any one specific game

Matt Barnes .111 wins and .250 losses (.308 win pct.)

Ryan Brasier .148 wins and .625 losses (.192 win pct.)

Kutter Crawford .259 wins and .167 losses (.609 win pct.)

Austin Davis .185 wins and .083 losses (.690 win pct.)

Jake Diekman .296 wins and .125 losses (.703 win pct.)

Nathan Eovaldi .556 wins and .500 losses (.526 win pct.)

Rich Hill .481 wins and 0.000 losses (1.000 win pct.)

Tanner Houck 1.000 wins and 0.000 losses (1.000 win pct.)

Nick Pivetta 0.000 wins and 1.500 losses (.000 win pct.)

Hansel Robles .259 wins and 0.000 losses (1.000 win pct.)

Hirokazu Sawamura .074 wins and .250 losses (.229 win pct.)

Matt Strahm .370 wins and 0.000 losses (1.000 win pct.)

Phillips Valdez 0 wins and 0 losses (Not applicable. Hasn't been in a game yet the Boston Red Sox actually won and he also hasn't given up any runs yet at all. So technically that means he's a winner. 1.000 win pct.)

Michael Wacha .556 wins and .333 losses (.625 win pct.)

Garrett Whitlock .704 wins and .167 losses (.809 win pct.)

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Actual won-lost records in the 2022 regular season for Boston Red Sox pitchers not depending on whether the Boston Red Sox actually win any one specific game or not.

In other words, this tells the complete picture of their entire regular season (the good and the bad) of how many people the pitcher got out (innings pitched) and how many runs the pitcher truthfully gave up (which is more accurate than runs or even earned runs given up). So to make this more easy for people to understand, starting pitchers don't 100% get blamed for the inherited runners that the reliever(s) allow to score. The starter will get 25%, 50% or 75% blame for giving up one run instead, for an inherited runner that eventually scores.

Also, a pitcher can get a partial win and a partial loss in the same game. So pitchers that throw more innings pitched are going to get a higher percentage of partial wins and pitchers who give up more runs are going to get a higher percentage of partial losses. So if one pitcher pitches a complete game he will get one win (regardless of the team's win/loss result) and if the pitcher's team actually loses that same game in which he was the only pitcher who pitched for his team, he will also get credit for one loss.

The only time any pitcher cannot take a loss or a partial loss is if the winning team doesn't give up any runs to the team they are playing.

Basically, this is truly giving credit where credit is due among pitchers only.

Matt Barnes .347 wins and .250 losses (.581 win pct.) 3 innings pitched

Ryan Brasier .368 wins and 1.792 losses (.170 win pct.) 3 1/3 innings pitched

Kutter Crawford .259 wins and .488 losses (.347 win pct.) 2 1/3 innings pitched

Austin Davis .463 wins and .369 losses (.556 win pct.) 4 innings pitched

Jake Diekman .330 wins and .232 losses (.587 win pct.) 3 innings pitched

Nathan Eovaldi 1.056 wins and .786 losses (.573 win pct.) 10 innings pitched

Rich Hill .481 wins and 1.000 losses (.325 win pct.) 4 1/3 innings pitched

Tanner Houck 1.000 wins and .583 losses (.632 win pct.) 9 innings pitched

Nick Pivetta .931 wins and 1.500 losses (.383 win pct.) 7 2/3 innings pitched

Hansel Robles .359 wins and .000 losses (1.000 win pct.) 3 1/3 innings pitched

Hirokazu Sawamura .421 wins and .250 losses (.628 win pct.) 3 2/3 innings pitched

Matt Strahm .520 wins and 0.250 losses (.675 win pct.) 4 2/3 innings pitched

Phillips Valdez .431 wins and 0.000 losses (1.000 win pct.) 3 2/3 innings pitched

Michael Wacha 1.097 wins and .333 losses (.767 win pct.) 9 1/3 innings pitched

Garrett Whitlock .937 wins and .167 losses (.849 win pct.) 8 2/3 innings pitched

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Wins, Losses, Holds, Blown Saves and Saves that everybody understands

Matt Barnes

Ryan Brasier Hold 1, Blown Saves 1

Kutter Crawford 1-1

Austin Davis 0-1

Jake Diekman Holds 3 Saves 1

Nathan Eovaldi 1-0

Rich Hill

Tanner Houck 1-0

Nick Pivetta 0-2

Hansel Robles Holds 1 Saves 1

Hirokazu Sawamura

Matt Strahm 1-0 Holds 1

Phillips Valdez

Michael Wacha

Garrett Whitlock 1-0 Blown Saves 1