Let's talk about today's lineup.

[DaveW]

No excuse. The all star game break is in 5 days, their is zero reason why hunter and Mauer should have both been sitting today.

 

Chalk up another loss on Molly. That's 4.

[Pitz]

How many wins does he have?

[jimmer]

 

How many wins does he have?

HE doesn't have any.  HE hasn't played for years. Team DID have a great month of May though. that's for sure.  Then June happened. Does he get just as much blame for the losses in June as he gets credit for the wins in May?

[Andrew]

It's a little inexcusable to bench 2 of your best bats on a weak hitting team while you're facing Cueto in the rubber match of the series.

[Linus]

 

No excuse. The all star game break is in 5 days, their is zero reason why hunter and Mauer should have both been sitting today.

Chalk up another loss on Molly. That's 4.

Well, they haven't lost yet..........

[Pardon My Dinger]

You know who the real loser is in all this? The fans. Am I right you guys?

[Pitz]

 

HE doesn't have any.  HE hasn't played for years. Team DID have a great month of May though. that's for sure.  Then June happened. Does he get just as much blame for the losses in June as he gets credit for the wins in May?

I think we're actually trying to say the same thing. I wasn't claiming he should get all the credit for the wins or losses. The original post suggests that Molly is responsible for 4 losses - I was wondering if he is similarly responsible for some number of wins?

[USAFChief]

I can understand resting Hunter, after a long night.  At his age, you have to know that's going to be necessary when you sign him...so you have a plan to account for that.

 

I don't understand why Joe Mauer, in his early 30's, playing first base, needs the day off.  Although, it's not like you're taking a dangerous bat out of the lineup.

 

I also don't understand why Hicks wasn't back up for this series.  There isn't any reason why they HAVE to keep playing infielders in the OF.

[lightfoot789]

 

I think we're actually trying to say the same thing. I wasn't claiming he should get all the credit for the wins or losses. The original post suggests that Molly is responsible for 4 losses - I was wondering if he is similarly responsible for some number of wins?

 

Love it.  Couldn't have said it better.

[stringer bell]

The benching of Mauer today is odd, especially with Hunter and Suzuki logically given days off.

 

If they were going to hit for Vargas anyway, there was no reason not to switch Mauer for him.

 

I thought it was a done deal that Hicks would be recalled. Guess not.

[kjdad71]

The all star break is in 12 days

[drjim]

 

No excuse. The all star game break is in 5 days, their is zero reason why hunter and Mauer should have both been sitting today.

Chalk up another loss on Molly. That's 4.

 

Are you still counting the game when he pinch hit for Milone with Nunez as a loss?

[DaveW]

 

The all star break is in 12 days

uhhh oops

 

Still though, this lineup was a disaster waiting to happen.

[Craig Arko]

At this point, talking about tomorrow's lineup may be a whole heck of a lot more interesting.

[Linus]

 

uhhh oops

 

Still though, this lineup was a disaster waiting to happen.

Stick a fork in Dave, he's done.

[Halsey Hall]

Fork is stuck.

[Vanimal46]

I get it, throw in your "Day game after a night game" cliché here, but that was a AAA lineup out there today. All of our "banked" wins in May are dwindling away...

[Rosterman]

Sometimes they don't even try to win. What a lineup!

[LaBombo]

 

No excuse. The all star game break is in 5 days, their is zero reason why hunter and Mauer should have both been sitting today.
 

 

Completely agree that it's hard to see why Mauer would need the day off when Hunter is sitting too,

 

But to me the most important question about the lineup today is not "Why sit both Hunter and Mauer?".

 

To me the real question is "How many teams with realistic hopes to contend are in trouble on any given day because their lineup is without both a 39 year old outfielder and a first baseman with a .370 slugging percentage?".

 

[Craig Arko]

Completely agree that it's hard to see why Mauer would need the day off when Hunter is sitting too,

 

But to me the most important question about the lineup today is not "Why sit both Hunter and Mauer?".

 

To me the real question is "How many teams with realistic hopes to contend are in trouble on any given day because their lineup is without both a 39 year old outfielder and a first baseman with a .370 slugging percentage?".

To me the real question is if the All-Star break is 5 days away is it really July 9th, and what kind of bender caused me to lose a week?