No it was not. Minn pitcher on bad rest and a strong Oakland starting pitcher and 2 of the best relief pitchers in baseball rested and waiting behind him after Oakland had been blasted at home. How mush worse could it have been?
Price was high, that's all I said. It wasn't Blackburn's bad rest nor Duchscherer's prowess that made Minnesota lose, it was their ineptitude at the plate, being impatient and unable to feast off Saarloos, Embree and Street (Ziegler is tough so I'm not saying anything about that). Sick things are happening these days, and I'm referring to LAA squandering a runners on corners, 1 out situation to tie the game up in Cleveland on Sunday and similar situations...
But anyways, I laid 1 run (not 1.5, but 1) for a price of 2.10 with MIN last night.
For a team that is 25-6 in last 31 home games against a team that is 5-23 in last 28 overall, and MIN playing quite well even WITH Morneau hitting .182 this month against a team without any pop whatsoever (Ellis did homer last night though), Cust is hitting .220 on the season, Frank Thomas is useless, Eric Chavez is on DL all season long, they have several scrubs playing field and batting...
I know you guys don't like too obvious things but these aren't obvious, these are fundamentals.
and 2.10?
Again, I understand if someone had said "don't fade Duchscherer, he's a beast forget his last 3 sub par starts)", but the guy LEFT THE GAME in the third inning, Minnesota is up against Kirk Saarloos, a TRIPLE A CALL UP pitching for 3 innings, the guy records 8 outs on 24 pitches or something like that.
They did nothing and it was their choke not Oakland's great performance.
The price is key for me Tuck. 2.10 in that situation and even ML @ ~1.74 was too high in my book.
If you think the opposite, what's stopping you from pulling the trigger on Oakland tonight, same two lineups and at least you get a legitimate starter who is supposed to last more than 2.2 IP.
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