Cleveland 5, Twins 2: Encarnaci-Owned

If the Sox sweep the Twins, the Twins would likely be 1/2 game ahead of last in the division. Sure, Santana and Berrios give them a chance. But this team couldn't hit their way out of a paper bag right now.

At this rate, our Twins might be in last place by the end of the week. It is hard to imagine a victory right now unless Berrios or Santana pitch lights out. Cleveland looks playoff ready again.

One of the main reasons I was not optimistic about this team is their inability to play any team that was decent. The other shoe has finally dropped and by the end of this week they will have fallen to 4th place.

What was it? 4 days ago?  You know that thread that claimed the Twins were only a #3 Sp and 2 "reasonable Rps" from a WS contender.  Sentiment changes fast at TD.

Hey, the goal is to play .500 baseball.  They are still in the running.

But seriously folks, the Twins don't have any pitching, and their offense is dependent on young hitters showing up.  They play good defense, that's why they are better than last year.

The young guys need to experience failure in order to learn and grow.  The got a taste last year, but going from first to worst over the course of two weeks this season will be the kind of humbling that can truly motivate and inform.

Hard to take as a fan but this kind of medicine is necessary and effective.

Plenty of season left for the pitchers to learn how to get batters out and the hitters to learn how to hit good pitching.... And for the umpires to not always be so mean to the Twins, just not fair, stomping my feet.

May take another year or two for the front office to find some decent pitching. The last GM had a real hard time with that.

It was a nice weekend any way, happy fathers day to all.

What was it? 4 days ago?  You know that thread that claimed the Twins were only a #3 Sp and 2 "reasonable Rps" from a WS contender.  Sentiment changes fast at TD.

not sure how many people bought into that theory.

What was it? 4 days ago?  You know that thread that claimed the Twins were only a #3 Sp and 2 "reasonable Rps" from a WS contender.  Sentiment changes fast at TD.

Yeah,   Twins are only a 3 game sweep of the White Sox and  a couple losses by Cleveland before people say it again, if they actually did in the first place. .   Gibson has been pitching better and if Santana and Berrios continue pitching well we are a long way from out of it.  I don't recall anyone ever saying we were a WS contender but we are currently contending for the playoffs which is essentially the same thing I guess.    When I saw the pitching match ups I was hoping for 2 wins, expecting one and not real surprised to get none.   Our two best pitchers didn't pitch and our current 3rd best pitched fairly well.   Indians have a good team and good pitching so this isn't a shock but these Twins have been fairly resilient and I am hoping they remain so.   Look back on every team that has ever won a division title and I bet there aren't more than 10% that didn't get swept several times during the season and often by teams that were much worse.    I am not saying the Twins will win the division but this weekend isn't proof that they cannot.  Would be nice if another starter stepped up and the offense got going again.    Win tomorrow and things might turn around again.

What pitchers? Bad pickups from the DFA pile? Good luck.

This FO seems even more conservative. The number one pick, in the lowest level possible. A 22 year old, almost 23, going below A ball. Virtually no promotions of prospects. What pitchers are going too learn to pitch?

Gonsalves, Jorge, Burdi, Romero.    I'm with you.    Lets see what they have.