Rockies 8, Twins 5: Rockies Outlast Twins Behind Hunter Goodman's 3-Homer Night

[Jacksson]

MNFIREMAN:

#1)  You pitch Goodman inside with heat on AB#3 so that if he were to get plunked, you can say: "OOPS, S-O-R-R-Y!".  I don't care if he didn't showboat, he still went yard twice.  Buxton was still hit.  Nobody intentionally hits a batter (HA HA).  With Buxton being made of glass and being the team's best player, EVERY TIME he is hit with a pitch, a manager with GUTS would and should order retaliation to protect his player.

#2)  Whatever coaching is being done with respect to outfield play and specifically with handling caroms off the wall and positioning with respect to being in a position to handle caroms off the wall clearly is not yet working. Both Martin (TWICE) and Keaschall looked like clowns out there and only a HOMER of an "Official Scorer" prevented both from being charged with the errors they both deserved.  Let's remember that both Martin and Keaschall are even out playing the outfield is because both proved to be defensive butchers at second base.  Can't wait to see the extra bases taken on Keaschall if he continues to man RF.

#3) Funderburk's mind is on his family, not his profession.  I don't mean that in a bad way, it is understandable.  A Major League Pitcher needs to be able to put his personal life aside when he is asked to perform and Funderburk has demonstrated multiple times this year that he is incapable of temporarily putting his profession first and executing his job at the MLB level.  He needs to go down to AAA for the rest of the year where his focus issues are not so impactful while he deals with navigating his off field family issues.

#4)  I'm willing to lengthen the leash on Raya and chalk up the first two batters of this outing as being MLB jitters or the pitches called by the catcher.  BTW: In reviewing the lengthy list of coaches, I fail to see a CATCHING COACH, or at least the reference that one of the existing coaches serves in that role.  Perhaps one is needed based on the performance of the catching duo with respect to calling the game.

#5) "The official scoring in today's game is horrible, but it's league wide and it's probably not going to change."  UNTIL MLB steps up, acknowledges that there is a problem with leniency and inconsistency and DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT !! 

#6) "The pitchers need to execute their pitches in order to help the fielders record outs."  And so it would seem that the: Advance Scouts, Pitching Coach, Bullpen Coach, Outfield Coach need to be reminded that they are being PAID to do a job and, at present, they are failing to execute their jobs based upon on-field performance.

#7) under Shelton, as compared to Rocco, Derek has managed to lose games based on: game strategy, use of his 26 man roster, misuse of his bullpen, too slow to use a hook, too fast to use a hook, failure to incorporate the sacrifice into the on-field strategy, failure to direct, motivate and hold accountable the coaches and players under his authority.  I don't believe he, and his coaches are the correct choice to give a "chance to finish if/when the prospects arrive and start performing" based on the team's current level of performance and execution on the field both defensively and offensively.  
At present he and his crew may be adequate to handle a team going nowhere that is "comprised of having to piece together the scrap-heap finds and other teams cast-offs."