Twins Struggles Continue

Another loss to the punchless A's. Actually, the A's are the ones making the Twins look punchless.

There has been a real disturbing trend from the Twins so far in this young season:
1. Pitchers are giving up 4 walks per game and have issued 5 wild pitches.
2. The Twins have committed 7 errors with a few other plays sprinkled in which have not counted as errors, but have hurt the team nonetheless.
3. The Twins are batting .214 right now and are on pace to hit about 54 home runs.


Okay, enough negativity. On the bright side:
1. The number of Twins thrown out at the plate is way down from last year.
2. The second time through the rotation, the Twins starters as a whole have been much better.
3. The bullpen has been better than expected, even with the strain of a lot of innings due to short starts.
4. The Twins cranked out 4 extra-base hits today including a home run from Thome.
5. Joe Mauer caught a day game.

Okay I feel better. The hitting will come around, and my guess is that when it does, nearly everyone is due, so there will be an offensive explosion. And, Duensing is on the mound on Tuesday. I have a lot of confidence in Duensing and like the Twins chances when he's got the ball.

There are only 9 games down and 153 to go. Or is it 154? I can never remember how many they are supposed to play anymore.

They'll get this ship turned around and it starts on Tuesday.