Baby steps. Silver linings. Hey, buts. That was the week that was for the Minnesota Twins last week.
They won the first and last games of the week, and lost everything in between.
“At least they didn’t get swept,” was what I kept hearing at the sports bar Sunday. That, and a nail, is all it takes for the Twins to hang their hat on nowadays.
The Twins lost every way possible. By blowouts (Angels 10-2 & Yankees 8-2), by the bullpen ruining a great start by the pitcher (Yanks 7-6 win on Saturday), by a pitcher who starts off hot, then fails the third time through the batting order (Kyle Gibson‘s loss on Thursday), and by just not keeping the opposing team off the scoreboard after the offense scores a run (Ervin Santana‘s frustrating 5-4 loss on Tuesday).