This and the Sunday blown game in KC are terrible gut punches. Both times, an extreme mismatch in the starting pitching, a 2+ run lead into the 8th and a choke job.
It seems like MLB has gotten very unreasonable in calling games the last 5-7 years. It used to be common to have 2-3 rain shortened games a year, IIRC. Now you rarely have one.
+1. This is Terry Ryan's 19th season as Terry Ryan's 19th season as Twins GM. The first seven were a disaster. 4 of the last 5 have been a disaster. Thanks for the decade in between, but It's time to go already.
I think it's time for a roster move or two and a line-up tweak. I'd do the following: Send Park down. He's in a bit over his head and it couldn't possibly hurt to hit AAA pitching for awhile. Meanwhile Sano is pressing big time. The RF thing isn't helping. At least push pause on it and get him back to DH (and down in the line-up). I'm not sure it matters who comes up since Kepler is already here. It would only be until Santana is back. Line-up shake-up: 1. Escobar 2. Mauer 3. Dozier 4. Plouffe 5. Arcia RF; Kepler platooning. 6. Sano DH 7. Rosario 8. Murphy (he should play at least 50%) 9. Buxton
There's no # that will get Mollie fired in year 2. There's probably no # that will get Terry Ryan fired. However, the guy is 62, so there's probably a # that shames him into hanging it up. But I doubt he would so before the end of the season.
This season is rapidly going in the toilet. At this point it feels like a giant game of holding your breath until Terry Ryan retires. We will never get to the next level with his 'vision' leading the way.