@Eric:
Not that well-versed with Roots, though the biggest difference appears to be their inclusion of a CSS Grid.
Surely that’s right for some people, but my focus was as bare-bones as possible.
Based on Starkers, there are things that I’ve even removed from that, and things I’ve added from beyond Starkers & BP, because they make sense to WP (like removing the WP version, etc.).
Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful,
Atg