He just lost his confidence . It was compounded by Lou getting on him and then the whole thing going public. We all may be very capable of doing our job but how many of us would perform as well if all our performance stats were in the paper and on the news ? At that level it's 90% in your head as they all have the ability. He will get it back once the expectations are lowered in SD.

People do not realize that the M's performed at their avg ability last year. Meaning based on their individual career stats. A couple of people were slightly over their career numbers and a couple under. I do not see a big change happening this season unless they Gel and the rest of the west is off a bit. You cannot count on them playing above their avg stats although it can happen. The M's have found the magical balance of playing good enough to fill the stands and hoping for a playoff spot. Now all that has to happen is for the stars to line up to have a shot at the WS. The vegass odds usually nail it.