Picking Up the Pieces

So what do you say about a series we lost by a collective score of 22-6?

I don't blame our rotation. Fausto and Jake both gave up four runs in their outings, but against an offense like that it's to be expected. Neither got any support from the offense.

And, honestly, did anyone expect us to get what we've got from Byrd so far? I've got no problems excusing the man for a bad outing against the Yankees.

Our bullpen, as always, is a different issue.

It's probably clear to everyone that Fultz is not back to form. Also, remember that we let Jason Stanford go outright instead of sending Mujica back down. How's that working out for us?

At least Mastny pitched well.

And then there's our offense.

Sweet jesus.

I realize that Wedge was given his extension because of the way he moved guys around in the first half of the season, the way he was able to keep the team on track despite injuries and the like. But this is the third year in a row where this team has fallen into a slump for an extended period of time. It's pretty clear that Wedge has no idea how to get them out of these slumps. This is the team we have and we need someone who can work with that.

The truly sad thing is that we're only a half game out. Hell, if Oakland can actually pull out a win tomorrow, we'll be even with the Tigers for a two game series in Cleveland and then we can see which team really does want the pennant the least.

It's not even fun to watch anymore.

Thank god we have a day off tomorrow. I don't know that I can take another day of this junk.