What It Means:

The Red Sox were resting a number of starters after clinching the AL East, but it was still a strong showing by Sabathia, who has allowed only one run on eight hits in 14 1/3 innings over his last two starts.

Sabathia has a decent 3.91 ERA on the year, but his 4.36 SIERA is his worst in over a decade. He also owns a 19.8 percent strikeout rate and 8.5 percent walk rate through 30 starts (179 2/3 innings) this season.