BOS 4, MIN 2: More Missed Opportunities, Another Blown Lead

Dobnak has lost his groove and confidence. Sad to see

Twins are a 72-90 team. Not much going for them. Terrible bullpen will sink any team and the offense is very weak. We won’t lose any playoff games this season. Cause we won’t be playing any.

...and the bullpen is predictably derailing what should be an excellent start to the season.

Everyone on Earth, besides Falvine and a couple of pocket protectors here, saw it coming from miles away. Awful roster management.

I think it’s gonna be more tough to win with this manager.

No kidding!

Dobnak has lost his groove and confidence. Sad to see

He gave up two hits and one run over three innings... Seems to me that he had the best outing of any Twins pitcher today!

I'm more concerned about the offense going 0 for 8 in RISP situations than the bullpen. We saw this countless times in 2020, was the primary reason why we got swept in the playoffs, and the hitters are looking cold yet again. The bullpen giving up 2 runs over 4 1/3 innings isn't a huge concern to me

They were also literally cold.

...and the bullpen is predictably derailing what should be an excellent start to the season.

Everyone on Earth, besides Falvine and a couple of pocket protectors here, saw it coming from miles away. Awful roster management.

The bullpen is in the top five in the league in almost every meaningful metric... I think too many people here are blaming the bullpen for these losses when the bats are disappearing in the mid to late innings.

I think it’s a fair question to ask why we used a long reliever into the 8th inning of a tie game coming off an off day. Maybe nothing would have been different but why did we need to try and get 3 innings out of him?

Sure, I think that's fair. Perhaps if the bats had shown any sign of life, Rocco would've managed things differently, but there's not much to be done when nobody is hitting.

Blame the bullpen??? Must be based on emotion but not backed up by reality. How about some timely hitting and more productive at bats maybe?

Too many holes in the lineup.

Cave, Sano, either catcher.

Without Cruz in the lineup it has no teeth.

Color me unimpressed with XFIP, Sierra, dohickky, or other new age hoohah.The bullpen is weak, and has directly impacted every loss. I expect the offense to be better. I think the defense is fine. Starting pitching isn't overpowering, but should keep us in plenty of games.But it's up to the pen to turn all that into W's. I don't think Falvine have done a good job of building one capable of that on a consistent enough basis. And I don't know what the fix is.

Why do you expect the offense to be better? They were not great last year. Haven't shown any signs of being better this year. Sano is a black hole in the lineup. Whatever they are doing with left field is a disaster. Neither catcher can be counted on for contributing much to the offense. Not sure what is going on with Polanco and Kepler. Their pitching staff is going to have to win a lot of low scoring games. Not sure they're equipped to do that.

Not going to panic 10 games into the season with a .500 team on a snowy day after another series of off-field unfortunate events, but Baldelli's lineup today puzzled me. It doesn't get much colder than Garver/Polanco/Sano, and yet it was decided that said trio would be the heart of the order. I know the Cruz scratch f'd things up, but I'm still scratching my head on today's order.

Arraez has a career 15% walk rate and 370 OBP against lefties, so I don't understand why he isn't batting leadoff every game regardless of handedness on the mound. Too bad Mike Bell isn't still around to bark in Roccobot's ear on that one. May he rest in peace.

The bullpen and the inept late inning bats are both deficits. I'd also like to see a new manager. He's lackluster, non-creative, couldn't win a playoff game to save his life. I don't know what they saw in him to begin with.