cHawk

Welp, extra innings. I'll take the L

Small Sample Size.

I mean that's better than a strikeout so it's not nothing...

Can this team "get it done" here? That's what we will see now.

I don’t see why we can’t extend both Buxton and Berrios. Buxton probably ~20-25 Million and (at most) ~20ish Million for Berrios in the process. Could we raise payroll to ~160-170 Million?

Watch him play. That’s why would should believe in him. If they trade him or let him walk, I won’t be happy. Trading him seems like something Cleveland would do. I don’t want to do that. That is how you end up with a long title drought. We probably should’ve extended him before the season NGL. Looks like his payday will be a lot more (~20-25 Million a year). Regardless, please extend him. He’s worth every penny

They may already have one.

We’ll need to continue to be hot like this for the next few weeks. It looks like it will be some time until we face a real opponent so we should pick up as many wins as we can.

Well yeah that is true

This team can't catch a break

Laz Diaz...yuck

Ngl that was a lucky K...

Too many of these quick one-two-three innings for the offense.

Colome and Duffey have not looked sharp at all. If they can fix it up and be sharp (along with Robles and Rogers staying sharp) I’ll have a little more faith in this bullpen

It’s mainly a few hitters that strike out a lot (Sano, Cave, Garver)

Although I like that we got out of that...it seems like we’re playing down to our (inferior) competition (The Tigers). I’m not a fan of it. It will haunt us if we continue to do it.

Am the only one slightly concerned about Maeda? I’ve seen a lot of hard contact off him today.

I like to see us actually manufacturing runs and not just waiting for a HR.

Exactly. It’s the offense’s fault they couldn’t do squat with runners at the corners and nobody out.

Do tell how Rosario’s abscence impacted this game.

The only thing that would is if it actually did just that.

Tomorrow we will see what this offense is (inconsistency-wise). I’m not concerned about the ‘pen ultimately losing the game today. We obviously did not get it done with RISP today. That led to a pathetic offensive performance. And it’s not like Casey Mize or Fulmer or Soto are great pitchers or anything. Last year, we were inconsistent AF offensively, and there were stretches of 4 or 5 games where our offense would just be dead. This is one game. If we see a bad performance offensively once (one game) in a while that’s not a problem. That’s normal. I’m not concerned about the ‘pen losing the game. That was (once again) a product of the awful extra innings rule. Happ didn’t last long...that’s concerning, especially against Detroit. Look for the offense to bounce back tomorrow or not.

Or he just stopped trying in garbage time.

Back to back blowouts. Offense lookin’ good. SP lookin’ good. Concerned about the injuries. Losing Arraez is a big hit to the lineup. The Twins clearly benefit from the guy being in the lineup and 100%. Buxton should hopefully be back tomorrow. Dobnak - I know it’s early, but he doesn’t even look like a pro-class pitcher from what we’ve seen from him these first two appearances. I’d say send him down and bring up maybe Balazovic?

Blame the offense then. Or Rocco. Or the Defense for giving up FOUR unearned runs. Or Colome (an experienced Major Leaguer who has been one of the league’s best closers the past five years) for being a moron. If Colome isn’t a moron, or if the defense doesn’t repeatedly self-destruct throughout the game we don’t play that 10th Inning.