Stop me if you have heard this before. Offense is picking up, bullpen is taxed. Some quick hits on both and then notes.
We saw Carson Smith struggle for a second straight outing Monday night. Mike Zunino noticed the mechanical flaws right away and tried to fix them on the fly.
"I think he was just flying open," he said after the game. "I have just got to tell him to stay on me, keep that front shoulder to me, drive the ball to me. I went out there and told him that and he threw a couple of good pitches in a row.