Whoever assumed it would be easy to play KC and Rogers might not needed has a bit too much confidence in the offense. Royals always give Twins a tough time. Saving Rogers when not needed should be a priority.
Well Rogers would be a much better choice than Parker. Too bad Rocco used him yesterday. I guess I made a good point of saving Rogers yesterday. I was right.
He did the same thing to Odo in another game. Odo was clearly dominating in that game and had low pitch count like 69 through 5 or 6 innings. And Rocco took him out.
It's a good game. I still think Rocco should have saved Rogers for next close game though. After all we have only one Rogers and Gibson has been dominating in this game.
Sano needs to be able to hit offspeed pitches in order to reach his talent level. No pitcher in the major league is going to throw a fastball in the zone to him if he cannot handle offspeed stuff.
Leake only throws offspeed stuff effectively. He rarely throws fastball in the zone. Twins hitters should sit on his offspeed stuff down and low and crush them.