Last night’s loss featured yet another bullpen implosion combined with a poor offensive effort that included a failure to score so much as a single tally after loading the bases with no outs. These kinds of performances feel more like features than bugs, though the pending returns of several injured players should shore up some of the weak spots.
Getting Justin Steele back was a start, now it’s a matter of figuring out how to get the relief corps to be able to hold the leads the rotation hands over almost every night. Monday was part of why it’s “almost,” as the game was scoreless when Steele departed.