{"id":281010,"date":"2024-04-01T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=281010"},"modified":"2024-04-01T09:36:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T14:36:24","slug":"one-of-those-days-ober-looking-past-rare-rough-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=281010","title":{"rendered":"One Of Those Days-Ober Looking Past Rare Rough Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KANSAS CITY &#8212; The Twins made an uncharacteristic show of doing on-field workouts before Sunday\u2019s game as part of a renewed effort to improve their poor performance in day games from seasons past &#8212; but the new sample didn\u2019t look all too pretty, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They still emerged from Kansas City having won their first series of the season, but any hopes for a sweep had been dashed before many fans had even settled into their seats, as the Royals\u2019 lineup dealt starter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/641927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bailey Ober<\/a>&nbsp;the worst result of his four-year career for an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/twins-vs-royals\/2024\/03\/31\/746332\/final\/box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11-0 Twins loss<\/a>&nbsp;in Sunday\u2019s finale at Kauffman Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/twins\/news\/royce-lewis-austin-martin-share-decade-long-friendship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lewis-Martin friendship already goes way back<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGetting punched in the mouth in Game 3, you can&#8217;t really put a bright spin on that at all,\u201d catcher Ryan Jeffers said. \u201cYeah, we won two games, but we can&#8217;t lose like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ober\u2019s stat line &#8212; a career-high eight runs on nine hits in 1 1\/3 innings &#8212; essentially did tell the whole story, as the Royals teed off against much of his arsenal and tagged him for three homers, matching a career high for Ober set all the way back on June 30, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s over with,\u201d Ober said. \u201cI can&#8217;t really do anything about it. I just need to get ready to go face whoever I&#8217;m throwing against next and have a short-term memory and put it behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 28-year-old right-hander allowed three runs in the first inning on a Salvador Perez homer, then was pulled in the midst of a six-run second inning, during which five of the six Royals hitters he faced reached base, including two homers, a triple, a double and a single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for why? He had no real answers after the game &#8212; and neither did Jeffers, and neither did manager Rocco Baldelli. The Royals mostly hit his fastball and changeup, with Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro noting that his hitters were ready to not let Ober\u2019s pitches get above their barrels &#8212; but Ober didn\u2019t even necessarily think he mis-executed some of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcome was even more unusual because, well, this never really happens to Ober.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ober has arguably been the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/twins\/news\/bailey-ober-pitches-seven-scoreless-innings-as-twins-beat-guardians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twins\u2019 most consistent starter<\/a>&nbsp;since he debuted in \u201821, having allowed three or fewer earned runs in 46 of his 57 career starts entering Sunday. Only once in Ober\u2019s 104 career appearances as a professional had he lasted less than two innings, an April 26, 2018 outing in Class A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s one outing in a stadium in which Ober traditionally hasn\u2019t found much success, so Ober\u2019s track record of consistency gives reason to believe he\u2019ll bounce back &#8212; and the Twins will be counting on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExecuted some, they hit them,\u201d Ober said. \u201cDidn&#8217;t execute some, they hit them. Just one of those days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Twins weren\u2019t going to make up for the lost production of Sonny Gray and Kenta Maeda &#8212; both gone in free agency &#8212; through any one addition, and will instead need to recoup that with improvement from the rest of their group in Joe Ryan, Ober, Louie Varland and Chris Paddack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ober\u2019s typical consistency has set a relatively high bar &#8212; but his floor in avoiding blow-up starts like this one has been equally significant, especially given the relatively shallow state of the bullpen depth due to the injuries to Justin Topa, Caleb Thielbar and Jhoan Duran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there was ever a time for a blow-up start, it was today, given the off-day two days ago and another tomorrow that will help keep the bullpen fresh &#8212; and even this short-handed \u2018pen did well, holding the Royals to two earned runs across 12 1\/3 innings in this series, including at least one appearance from every reliever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY &#8212; The Twins made an uncharacteristic show of doing on-field workouts before Sunday\u2019s game as part of a renewed effort to improve their poor performance in day games from seasons past &#8212; but the new sample didn\u2019t look all too pretty, either. 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