Burgos & Sisco Blow Game

This team doesn't have a clue how to win games. With a 4-3 lead going into the ninth inning, Burgos gave up a solo shot to Grady Sizemore to tie the score. After striking out Jason Michaels, Burgos walked Jhonny Peralta. After walking three guys the other night—the last time Burgos gave a game away—you'd think he would have learned his lesson, but our guys don't learn lessons. Burgos was removed for Sisco, and Sisco fell behind Travis Hafner 1-0. Hafner blasted Sisco's next pitch over the wall—game over. Royals lose 6-4.

The back end of our pen is in serious trouble. Nobody knows when Mike MacDougal will pitch again. Sisco has a 7.20 ERA and it's mid-May. It's time he took that inflated ERA to Omaha. Burgos, our supposed closer, has a 6.23 ERA and he's wild as all get-out. And maybe he ought to be in Omaha as well. Both guys can throw hard. But neither seems to understand how to pitch. The obvious problem is—we have nobody else to take their spots—which speaks volumes about our horrible scouting in recent years. Our minor league system seems almost depleted as the evil Yankees' system.

What more can be said?

Tomorrow night, Jeremy Affeldt (2-2, 5.33) goes against Jake Westbrook (3-2, 5.94).