Article: Game Thread: Twins@Royals 6/30@7:10PM

[Aggies7]

Santana's last 20 IP....34 hits, 16 runs

[yarnivek1972]

They aren't going to continue to let them tee off much longer.

[yarnivek1972]

Busenitz warming.

[Aggies7]

They aren't going to continue to let them tee off much longer.

Something isn't right with him. He's been scuffling big time.

[yarnivek1972]

Santana probably has to get this out to stay in.

[spinowner]

OK, time for the offense to pick Ervin up here.

[wsnydes]

That ugliness is over finally.

[Deduno Abides]

It's looking like there won't be a need to make a hard decision about whether to trade Santana for prospects. On a more serious note, you have to wonder about his elbow and whether the PEDs have worn off.

[Aggies7]

That ugliness is over finally.

Huh? We still have 5 innings left to dry hump our way around the field

[wsnydes]

Huh? We still have 5 innings left to dry hump our way around the field

I was referring to that particular inning.

[Aggies7]

I was referring to that particular inning.

I know

[Aggies7]

Kepler: 3 for his last 25

[wsnydes]

I know

Don't worry, I realize that if the pen comes in ugliness will be a compliment.

[Aggies7]

Where's everyone tonight? Not quite as lively as when we're winning..

[yarnivek1972]

IBB?

[70charger]

 

Santana's last 20 IP....34 hits, 16 runs

 

That is a stupid ugly line.

 

Will the all-star break help him out? Is there an underlying physical problem? Is he going to be a DL candidate?

 

We were already down to two real pitchers. We really need him to be legit if we want to hang in there at all.

[Aggies7]

That is a stupid ugly line.

 

Will the all-star break help him out? Is there an underlying physical problem? Is he going to be a DL candidate?

 

We were already down to two real pitchers. We really need him to be legit if we want to hang in there at all.

Yep, Santana, berrios then 3 days of rain only works if Santana performs

[70charger]

 

Where's everyone tonight? Not quite as lively as when we're winning..

 

Friday night? Everyone is more interesting than we?

 

I just got done with a whole week of 10-12 hour days, hit a deadline, and am beat. I may not even make it through this game.

 

[70charger]

Okay, Mauer's glove is legit.

[70charger]

More plays like that and Santana may eat some innings in an otherwise throw away start.

[Aggies7]

More plays like that and Santana may eat some innings in an otherwise throw away start.

You were saying?

[wsnydes]

Fireworks are a few days early.

[70charger]

Hard to make a play on a ball that leaves the stadium.

[Aggies7]

Erv has failed to finish 6 IP in 4 of his last 6 starts

[Aggies7]

Heck of a play by jorge

[70charger]

So if Sano, Dozier, and Santana aren't on, who do we really have on the team? Berrios, sure. Who else? Grossman and Mauer can get on base. Buxton can play defense. 

 

We've got a lot of underperformers right now. I'm not counting Breslow's veteran leadership.

 

The further along we get in this season the more holes in the lineup become apparent.

[Kwak]

 

So if Sano, Dozier, and Santana aren't on, who do we really have on the team? Berrios, sure. Who else? Grossman and Mauer can get on base. Buxton can play defense. 

 

We've got a lot of underperformers right now. I'm not counting Breslow's veteran leadership.

 

The further along we get in this season the more holes in the lineup become apparent.

Yet there is no room for Zach Granite on this team!

[Aggies7]

So if Sano, Dozier, and Santana aren't on, who do we really have on the team? Berrios, sure. Who else? Grossman and Mauer can get on base. Buxton can play defense. 

 

We've got a lot of underperformers right now. I'm not counting Breslow's veteran leadership.

 

The further along we get in this season the more holes in the lineup become apparent.

Yep. Lots of bats struggling, namely sano and Kepler. Santana has been awfully shaky for the last month or so. We're calling up a guy from AA to start one of the games tomorrow. We know we have 2 or 3 decent BP arms, that's about it. And recently the defense has been shaky. I guess at the end of the day, it's hard to expect a team one year removed from a franchise loss record to turn things around and compete all year. Seems as if the wheels are slowly coming off, the Cleveland series aside.

[jimbo92107]

Thing I like about Busenitz is his quiet upper body. He should be able to learn to pick the four corners just like Joe Nathan did. High 90's heat to the corners makes him a really good closer. 

[70charger]

 

Yet there is no room for Zach Granite on this team!

 

Zack Granite's best hope is to be a poor man's Ben Revere. He wouldn't help.

 

We need real pitchers, Sano to break out of his slump, Buxton to make more contact, and a bullpen that isn't half-full of ineffective retreads.

 

If you're waiting on Zack Granite to fix this team, you'll be waiting forever. Sorry, bud.