If you watch any of the sometimes entertaining, sometimes insipid Twins pregame shows, you may know that Twins lefty JC Romero doubles as the team barber. Apparently he's quite good at it.
Which makes one thing he's quite good at.
JC has pretty impressive numbers (he came in to yesterday's game with an ERA of 0.98) but all those misleading numbers do is cause him to be the most overrated relief pitcher in baseball.
With the bases empty, JC is usually tough. Put a runner or two on base in a pressure situation, and he's like ice cream in the microwave.
As much as Terry Mulholland has struggled as well this year, I think it's time they give the old greybeard a chance to serve as their main guy for lefty-lefty matchups. He might be able to have some success if he only has to face lefties, and at the very least he has the veteran composure to go after the league's best lefties. If he does get beat at least he'll get beat going at 'em.
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