LAD 6, MIN 4: Rogers Gives Up Bellinger Blast, Blows Lead

Brutal loss.

Eddie Rosario had this team on his on his back the whole game, props to a great performance there.

I believe Grossman was safe at home on that challenge. Great slide. That extra run would have been huge...did the catcher's glove string tag Grossman? I don't get the reasoning behind the out call there. Nice outfield assist by Grossman too, whudathunk it.

Colon. No mas, por favor. I'd rather have Gibby in there. Seems like demoting Gibby after his best outing of the year was a little harsh. The guy's getting hot, I don't like that corresponding move.

Buxton's back tonight. Giddyap.

Mauer got a hit and walked off the lefty. Maybe Molitor should start playing him more since - ya know - the games are becoming very important.

Back to .500 and possibly heading under.  KC and Cleveland both hot, and starting to separate. With every loss the Twins' "big trade" looks more and more like it came a week too late.

Rogers was up 0-2 on Turner when I turned it off. Glad I didn't stay up any later.

The old "which 4/5th starter to shelve." Honestly it's just throwing a dart to guess who might be most due for a clunker.

I am also baffled by Gibson demotion rather than Colon.   Both of Colon's starts I have thought "Wow, he got through the 4th inning.  Get him out of there"   In short he has been better than I expected which is still not very good.    If Gibson had clunked his last start this move would make perfect sense but he didn't, so it doesn't.

We have more depth if we keep Colon and option Gibson. If we outright Colon we dont have any veterans to go to if something happens to a starter. We would have to call up a rookie instead of a veteran.

At the game https://imgur.com/gallery/wA8am

Also i was at the game last night and took these pics of the view. It was 73 degrees at the game.

I simply do not understand this narrative, which seems to have gained traction on the board.

 

Gibson had a decent game against a terrible Detroit team.

 

Before that, he had what looked to be a decent start that, in typical Gibson fashion, imploded at the end. Before that, he had a brutal game where he went 4.0 innings and gave up 7 earned runs.

 

How is Gibson getting hot? Because if this is him hot, yeesh.

I should rephrase:  Gibson is looking like a better 5th option than Colon or Santiago.  Better?

Dodgers know how to swing the bats with ferocity.

But, Twins played pretty well, two tough chances corralled by Dodger outfielders on Sano and Dozier really cost the Twins.

Wish Rogers had not thrown that third curve ball in a row, but, it worked on Seager so there you go.

It seems that all posters believe it was an either/or situation for Gibson/Colon with respect to start or leave.  But there was another (better) option--send Gibson to the pen and option one of the RPs.

We're going to be out of it before Garcia touches a baseball.

I like how the boys battled tonight, but the telltale sign was evident again.  It's sad when your team has 2nd and 3rd with less than 2 outs, or bases loaded and less than 2, and you shrug your shoulders and sigh, instead of getting excited at the possibilities.  

Pitching woes are a given with this team, but it's the lack of timely hitting that have and will cost us any shot at a playoff position.

I DON'T get what anyone sees in Colon.  He's sucked all of year and he's 44 freaking years old, yet some on here expect some kind of Jesus like resurrection from him.  He's done, he can barely make it through 5 innings on a good day, taxing our already overworked bullpen.  The decision to keep him for even 1 more start is horse manure.