The magic number in MLB is 5. Score 5 runs, you win more than you lose. Score 4, you lose more than you win.
Through 20 games, the Twins have scored 5 or more runs 3 (three!) times.
Three. The last time was April 13th.
I guess in Jeffers' case there's some merit to giving a catcher a full day off now and again. Catching is tough duty.
And it was and remains pretty clear Santana wasn't signed to be a part time 1st baseman. He was being counted on as the every day guy from the time ink went to paper on the contract.
I'd assume he gets another month, month and half of full time duty before any changes to that.
Martin hasn't impressed much in the outfield, has he?
That's a terrible play to cost a run. He was never catching that, got too close to the wall, cost the team a run.
Santana is routinely getting beat by fastballs. That's the end for any ball player. It's not "can't hit the curve." It's "can't catch up to average fastballs."
Sometimes it happens at the little league level, sometimes high school. Or college. Or the minors.
And sometimes it happens because age is undefeated.
I don't think this is just a slow start. Santana looks completely cooked to me.
Yeah, I'd say that's the general consensus. But personally I don't think SWR is any kind of answer, and Paddack isn't any better than Varland.
The FO left this team woefully short of starting pitching this season.
I don't think Falvey is dictating in-game managerial decisions, but certainly he hired Rocco with an idea of how he preferred his manager to operate.
However, Rocco is under no obligation to make the same thoughless decisions day after day.
I'm gonna say something controversial (hahahahahaha) here: Rocco is a pretty godawful manager. Spreadsheet told him 2 hours before game time yesterday when to remove Ober. Today the spreadsheet didn't tell him to watch Varland pitch to the first 3 batters of the game and get him out before he tanks the entire game.