It isn't an excuse. We are missing our 2 midweek starters who are out for the year. We are missing Specht who has been hurt for a while. I haven't seen news of him returning anytime soon. We are throwing Carrion out there and he wasn't even recruited to be a pitcher. Butler continues to get innings as well and he sucks. Unless someone surprises, we are screwed in the midweek games because there simply isn't anyone. The hope was Aleman would be a primary guy out of the pen, but he can barely get his fastball over the plate. We will be blowing leads all year long.