LewFordLives

I lived it. I feel your pain. Here's the thing with R.D. He was used A LOT. The Twins bullpen as a whole was terrible. There were no established 7th or 8th inning guys. They just pieced it together until they got to R.D. and he was frequently called upon to pitch more than one inning, From 1982-1984 he threw at least 80 innings for the Twins, including 1982 when he threw 106 innings. You would never see that today. By 1984 and 1985 I think the dude was just flat out spent.

I wonder if it's more to do with the type of pitchers they target. They seem to prefer hard throwers that throw lots of sliders.

I wasn't blaming anyone for anything. Call it just really bad luck if you want, but this organization just can't seem to catch a break. This certainly has the potential to change the outlook from that trade. It seems like every move they make turns to ash.

You can't pretend that there's no difference between an oblique strain (Duran) and elbow inflammation (Abel). One is a stint on the DL and the other has potentially career altering implications.

Of course he's hurt. It's the Twins. Yet another trade that blows up in their faces. Unbelievable.

100 percent agree. He was unable to locate his breaking pitches and the Reds were just sitting on his fastball, which he inevitably had to throw because he was always behind in the count.

" In Sunday's series finale, manager Derek Shelton tried to get a two-inning save from rookie Andrew Morris, who went to pieces in the second of those frames, giving up three runs to flip the score in the top of the ninth." No. Morris went to pieces in both of those two innings. He was not fooling anybody and labored to get through the eighth. The big question is why did Shelton send him out there to pitch the ninth with the game on the line? It took him 47 pitches, of which only 27 were strikes, to record a grand total of four outs.

Two unearned runs today. That may be the difference.

Embarrassing.

Another Another wasted start.

C'mon Buck. Salvage something from this weekend.

This series has highlighted every one of their weaknesses. Inability to capitalize on offense, poor defense, and a questionable bullpen.

A pithing change? Why now? Morris threw almost 30 pitches in the 8th. Why was he even out there to start the 9th?

Another one pissed away. Unbelievable.

This has to be one of the saddest headlines in the history of Twins Daily.