The Twins starters have proven themselves again and again over the last couple of months. Even though the last two weeks have not been particularly easy to watch, it certainly hasn't been the starting pitching's fault.
Which brings us to last night. Absolutely solid start. Horrible extra-inning loss.
What is wrong with the Twins, won't be fixed by pitching.
But the Twins now have eighty games under their belt this season which means that Ervin Santana is going to be back in the rotation. That gives us six starters. A six man rotation isn't going to be beneficial to two of them because their split seam fastball (sinker) sharpness requires regular work. And the other guys aren't that well suited for bullpen work because they are more finesse pitchers that take an inning or two to find their spots.
Palfrey could probably go to the bullpen and be effective, but since he's been our best starter all year, I'd hate to see that. And he wouldn't want to do that either.
Thankfully, Ricky Nolasco's ankle is taking longer to heal than expected, so we don't have to worry about making room for a SEVENTH starter.
I've been warning people that this was going to happen. The only REAL solution is to trade somebody. But who wants to do that? Who would you ship? I suppose an injury could occur in the next couple of days, but who wants that either?
Great pitching with more than we can handle. Poor hitting with no end in sight.
That's your 2015 Minnesota Twins.
That ending last night was so hard to watch.
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