For as poorly as May and Jepsen pitched, I have to give some credit to Pressly, Abad, and especially O'Rouke. They pitched great, and I hope Tonkin can get the save here. Let's do this!!
Yeah, I was expecting Kepler to go down instead of Polanco. Hopefully this means Kepler will get some more playing time. Though maybe they're waiting for David Murphy to replace Kepler on the bench...
So it sounds like Santana will be taking Polanco's place on Monday... so Santana will be the utility infielder and play a little 3B with Nunez, I suppose. I really do want Polcano to be given a bigger chance at some point this season.
On an unrelated note, the Twins DFA'd C John Hicks and he was claimed by the Tigers. That leaves a 40 man roster spot open, but they only have 2 catchers on it. Are they bringing David Murphy up? Or finding a new 3rd catcher?
Meyer has had two starts in Rochester... and was in the bullpen for most of 2015. I think he's gonna need more time starting before he can be considered for a call-up.
So if Duffey's coming up for a spot start, maybe Kepler will go down and then on Monday Santana will return and Duffey will go back. Does that make sense?
Today is an example of how this offense can be good. As I said back in the first game thread, there will be some ups and downs with our hitters.... I suppose the "ride" started with a very big drop.