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Mercedes late to park and benched. Hence 518 ops fifth hitter.

Eaton clearly hurt, too. Benetti having too much fun to notice.

Velocity off the plate, secondary stuff in on his hands...seems to be plan of attack against TA. The opposite for most big league hitters, obviously.

7 The Indians and Tigers? WHAT?

Gee, Benetti...brilliant take there. Just talk about the damned game.

He’s made some necessary adjustments. Unfortunately, the rest of the team hasn’t. That said, this is the worst offense in baseball, or pretty darned close to it (see ya Tigers.)

Collins with the Grandal/Leury 4-3 special.....

SS always has that ball, much better angle... As soon as it went up in the air, everyone watching instinctively knew what would happen.

There were some really bad ones under Ventura... And, just what Giolito needs, even more pitches this inning. Lucas’ expression coming off the mound at the end of the inning tells a lot. What else can go wrong?

More comedic defense this season...it’s not like they are playing on the road in front of 40,000 screaming fans.

But the fleece was not as White as a Sox.

Might have helped to have Yermin versus someone at a 518 ops unless those numbers on the screen were wrong.

Please, no JB Shuck references... Twins crushing the Royals 7-3 in the fourth behind Berrios, Garver and Simmons.

Nice job comforting your son, buddy...oops, I mean PAL.

Results of MLB hitters this year across the board would suggest otherwise...

Why is that not happening to the majority of starting pitchers in baseball then...? Velocities are even higher this year than last across the game, even adjusting for April.

I’m talking about the comparison with August last year...or even a couple of his spring starts.

The ball is just not coming effortlessly out of his hand...whether it’s extension, spin rate, whatever, before it was popping past hitters and they couldn’t quite get to his fastball no matter how hard they tried. I mea, if you take away LaRussa’s leaving him hung out to dry...his ERA is around 4.5ish, but he just doesn’t have that swagger on the mound since he’s clearly fighting himself mechanically.

Except for the Zack and Screech Saved By the Bell references...Dustin Diamond fans will surely be upset.

Giolito was throwing 94-97/98 free and easy in the middle of the summer last year...this year he’s fighting against himself to get to 92-94/95.

That’s the pitch he needs 15% of the time to keep hitters honest. Cesar Hernandez homer? Really...? Not a good location there.

If Vaughn hits like he did at Cal, no...

Indians last 2-3 seasons...

Apparently late to clubhouse...now watch his season go into a tailspin, aiyo.

Would have been Vaughn’s first homer under ordinary playing conditions...alas.