caulfield12

Thank god no Leury out there...in CF.

Bummer didn’t pitch yesterday...what’s the deal? Why giving Ruiz the Jimmy Cordero Treatment?

Burdi=no bueno

Because he’s the best high leverage LHR reliever in baseball, at least last season.

And Hendriks too, if we ask 30-40 more pitches today after what went down yesterday.

We needed that 4-1 lead...guess we wanted to test Collins and Leury, too. Same thing we went after Renteria over, experimenting with Rodon down the stretch.

And this idea not aging well so far...

$54, lol...

Justin Morneau backswing there...

Obviously LaRussa wants to see how he handles this...not sure he makes same call against Yankees, though.

Thought that was a homer off the bat, lol...topspin or overspin.

This will get second guessed unless Bummer is unavailable for some reason...

Its going to be the whole RH vs. LH argument. Thry gave Bummer a generous extension for these specific situations...

Nasty sequence against TA.

Still not 100% convinced his frame can stand up...and he’s really just a two pitch pitcher at the moment. Have the luxury with Bummer and maybe Jace Fry from left hand side. Definitely need to try it, if he can hold up to heavy usage this year.

A more dominant Matt Thornton with nastier slider...we’ll take it. Aced him. No chance there for Larnach. Locked him up.

Finally, went to slider and junked useless change...

Has to be called Strike 3.

Maybe, but his velocity is still down from last year...he’s fighting himself out there. And another reason we needed that 4-1 lead desperately.

Getting up and under every single changeup. Drifting high. Then not getting strike calls with FB because all over the place.

Crochet’s mechanics still a mess...

Yuck.

4-1 lead sorta feels like game over. Would have used Grandal or Mercedes there...and lived with undermining Collins’ confidence. Have to crush the Twins’ spirits/step on their throats.

Collins blown away by fastballs...sounds like a familiar refrain.

Vaughn really getting more and more confident...ripped that ball.