Recap: Doubleheader Sweep Puts Cleveland Atop Division

Its a good thing we are not doing anything to improve the pitching staff. We might win more games if we do and stay in contention if we did.

Turley and Wilk are not major league pitchers period.

I certainly would not want Duffey to be the 9th inning guy

If Mejia had started game one, Busenitz would have had to have been sent down after game one to make room for Wilk.

This team will not be in first place again this year unless we pick up some pitchers.

By next Saturday we could very well be 6 games back.

Of course, they've only scored 6 runs so far, also. But the Indians have pitched Kluber twice and Carrasco once...so maybe it was to be expected. ;-)  Turley, Wilk, Meija, Gibson...I thought we were set up perfectly. Who knew? :-(

Anyway, the Twins are a lot more fun to follow this year. But they aren't contenders. The problems are obvious. We'll see if they will take the next steps to get there, or not.

This team will not be in first place again this year unless we pick up some pitchers.

By next Saturday we could very well be 6 games back.

I'm pretty down on the Twins too. I'm not sure they'll be SIX games back - remember, the Indians have had their fair share of problems as well.

What bothers me is the pitching the Twins rolled out for this HUGE series. We're in the thick of the race, the heart of the season, and we have a 4 game series against our biggest rival. AT HOME. It's Father's Day weekend, the big Prince Night, the whole she-bang. And we lead off the series with Turley and Wilk? It's almost like the Twins forfeited and rolled over. And it's not just the pitching. Aside from Carrasco, the Twins haven't faced a tough pitcher and they've been kept in check easily.

As a fan, when you get the feeling that your team isn't trying, it can be irksome. The cupboard looks bare right now. Is it time to just wait for the trading deadline and see who we get?

Sure could have used Alex Meyer today... That trade looks worse each and every day.

Meyer's ERA is down under 3.5, and he's striking out nearly 11 per 9.

They could have used Ricky Nolasco today, also. Even he's got better numbers than Santiago....and is actually pitching.

But, hey, at least they're saving that money. Priorities.

Trading two starters for one in a pitching starved organization to save some cash....brilliant.

I enjoy your posting these game wraps, but ouch, after looking at those "win expectancy" graphs...double ouch!!

With the starting pitchers the Twins used yesterday, I expected the "win expectancy" graph to start a downward trend at "got out of bed and made coffee."

Twins don't have a lot of bullets right now, but Molitor is not exactly making the right moves at the right time either. 

Once a pitcher shows they are not able to keep runners off base, and not generating swings and misses, and not controlling the ball in the strike zone, even when the game is 1-0 -- OR ESPECIALLY when the game is 1-0, sometimes you have to make a move.

As it is, poor pitching, poor managing combined with poor hitting is taking the Twins down.

When you play big games and big series, there is no substitute for playing well, being aggressive and taking it to the other team.

Twins ain't there right now.

I was telling my buddy yesterday when the Twins were still in first place that there's likely never been as much apathy, disgust, and outrage over a first place team this late in the season.

Meyer's ERA is down under 3.5, and he's striking out nearly 11 per 9.

They could have used Ricky Nolasco today, also. Even he's got better numbers than Santiago....and is actually pitching.

But, hey, at least they're saving that money. Priorities.

Trading two starters for one in a pitching starved organization to save some cash....brilliant.

They actually aren't saving any money either. They're paying LA $4 million of Nolasco's salary and when you add that to the $8 million contract they tendered to Santiago the two are basically a wash.