Report from The Fort: Do the Twins have Enough Pitching?

I still don't like the way this rotation stacks up against would be playoff opponents. Is it better than years past? Probably, but still not gives me a lot of confidence against legitimate title contenders.

A certain east coast team fielded playoff teams in the last two full seasons ('18 and '19) without having a starting pitching staff that performed any better than the Twins will this year.

(Not counting '20, SSS).

We are too worried about the starting pitching. We should be worried about the bullpen.

We’re set up fine for the regular season.

I don’t think we have the pitching to be a serious World Series contender.

I could be wrong. Maeda could sustain his dominance and Berrios could take “the next step.” I just don’t think either are likely. We don’t even have the best rotation in our division, let alone the AL.

When those two do provide very good playoff starts, we’ve seen Baldelli yank them early. If you’re playing that game, you need to stack dominant relievers. Duffey is there, but I’m not sure we have anything else I’d consider dominant. Colome is fine - he was good last year but had a FIP over 4 the year before, and underwhelming performances prior to that. We all know about Rogers recently. Who’s next, Robles? Not inspiring.

The real question might be do they have enough hitting. It's early, but too many days they look like the surprisingly punchless team that showed up last season.

Never mind on the previous comment...

Never minding comments on a comment board is usually a good idea

There is a recursive effect involved, too. So forget I said anything.
 

I will pay you no nevermind as I was not as clever as I once thought.