It's not over, but it feels like it is. I'd like to be wrong. In the meantime, since neither Buxton or Cruz will be back before September, Rocco needs to change the line-up. Sano cannot hit 3rd. Arreaz Polanco Kepler Rosario Sano Cron and fill in the rest.
Mentally, I feel that if the lead is lost, it's not coming back. Tomorrow is huge. Win that game and send Berrios to the mound Sunday to get a split. Lose, tomorrow and we can focus on the wild card race, IMO.
Pretty much. And now the MN sports gods take Nelson Cruz because that was too much fun for a while. If the Indians gain the lead this week-end they're not giving it back. We're headed for a WC game against Tampa or Oakland and swift Divisional exit if we make it that far.
If the Twins lose the division, the FO's failure to add a starter will be the reason. How good would Dallas Kuechel look about now? Perez needs to be DFA'd or sent to the pen ASAP and Schoop needs to join him.
While this is fair, he has hurt himself hitting the wall a couple other times and missed 4-5 games. What frustrates me is that every time this happens we hear "wouldn't change a thing" "I'd tell him to do it again" from both him and the Twins. At some point, it does need to change, even if this particular instance was unavoidable.
Berrios has not been terrible his last 10 starts, that's ridiculous. He had a bad night. Rocco probably left him in too long, but I don't think it mattered. At least he didn't burn any of the the top 4 guys in the bullpen in a futile effort. Hopefully Berrios will re-group for Sunday and you will try out some punctuation.
Brutal debut for Dyson. The use of Rogers in what was a 7-0 game on Wednesday bit us. This is the 4th time we have reached 25 games over .500. We have yet to reach 26 games over.