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The rookie was the most reliable pitcher.

Chapman is struggling

I fear that it's going to take more than that.

Sano has been on fire

Five solo homers so far tonight. I hope the pitching can hold up.

Still can't find the article so I'm not sure which years were used, but I was wrong. Since 2011 the A's are second among all A.L. teams in winning percentage vs the Twins. The Yankees have the highest winning percentage.

I can't find it anymore, but I read an article earlier this year that had said the A's are the only team with a better record against the Twins then the Yankees in the last 10-15 years. I think I'm remembering that correctly.

Nine unearned runs in two games against a bad team. Sometimes it's not if you lose, but how you lose. It's embarrassing to lose two games at home against any bad team in that way. I know the baseball season is a marathon and not a sprint, but I just hope they're not running out of gas.

Giving up 7 unearned runs against the Mets is painful to watch.

Do the NHL network radio guys think that the players just sit at home all summer and do nothing? I would assume that all kinds of pick up games with no hitting are being played all summer long.

Will the strategy on defense be to commit more guys to stopping the run and leaving the CB's on an island in order to make up for the lack of size?

Would having D-lineman who are great at shedding blocks and getting into the backfield be enough to overcome the lack of size on the D-Line?

They're 5-5 in their last 10 and 11-9 in their last 20. If this is as bad as it gets should be a good year. They need to go out and get some pitching help soon. Other then that I think that they'll be fine.

They've been pretty average lately

Arraez with the single in the 10th that led to the game winning run on a C.J. Cron single

I believe you need a combination of 2, 3, and 4 year guys. People like to point to guys like Stetcher and Caggs, myself included, but what about a guy like Coltyn Sanderson. I don't think he had played in more than 5 to 10 games going into the national championship season. He stuck it out for four years and earned himself a spot in the lineup. Obviously you don't win that title without the CBS line, but I think it's just as important to have guys like Sanderson on the team. Go to wikipedia and look back at past drafts, their are always guys that do better than and worse than their draft position. I just hope we end up with a bunch of guys that outperform whatever their projections are before they get here.

Loving both right now.

Maybe we could trade Schoop to another contender with an abundance of pitching. Preferably a N.L. team.

I love what he's done as well, I just try not to get to excited about rookies. It seems to take even top level guys a few years to fully develop their game after opposing teams get some time to scout them out and find weaknesses in their game. If he follows a guy like Polanco's trajectory I'd be thrilled. In my book he has definitely earned the chance to stay up in the majors and play until he proves he can't.

Small sample size at the MLB level, but he certainly looks the part. He's a career .331 hitter in the minors and has walked 122 times and struck out 129 times with two additional IBB. He reminds me of when Polanco came up and was just to good not to keep on the team. Adding some pitching help seems to be the only thing this team needs right now.

He's striking out 39% of the time. Nelson Cruz is second on the team at 29%. Hopefully he can get hot and improve his numbers, but he seems to be falling behind guys like Rosario, Kepler, Polanco, and Buxton.

Sano had a horrible day going 0-7 with 5 strikeouts.

1 run in 16 innings so far vs BOS. Pitching has been good though.

I read that they were interested in Pavelski who is in his mid 30s.

Twins have yet to lose three games in a row this year.