How good will the Red Sox bullpen be this year? Below are the averaged projections from CHONE, Bill James, and Marcel for the innings pitched and FIP projections:
| Name | IP | FIP |
| Jonathan Papelbon | 68.00 | 2.78 |
| Hideki Okajima | 61.33 | 3.67 |
| Manny Delcarmen | 74.33 | 3.52 |
| Takashi Saito | 51.33 | 3.07 |
| Justin Masterson* | 70.50 | 4.10 |
| Ramon Ramirez | 64.67 | 3.63 |
| Javier Lopez | 57.33 | 4.22 |
* No Bill James Projection
It is significantly more difficult to project pitchers compared to hitters but there is credence to these numbers. Major health issues may pop up and expose this bullpen but based off of every projection system available this may prove to be a truly elite bullpen.
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