The pitching staff of the Seibu Lions has put up some scary numbers in 2018. Not scary-good numbers either.
The recently crowned Pacific League champions entered Wednesday's games with a 4.23 team ERA that ranked 10th in NPB. They're eighth in Japan in fielding independent pitching at 4.57, according to Deltagraphs. They've allowed 588 earned runs, second-most in NPB.
Of course, none of that stopped the Lions from claiming the PL pennant, and doing so without ever dropping out of first place. It shouldn't derail their Japan Series plans either.