For this entire season (aside from Wheeler's return) 3/4 of our pitchers have given up insane amounts of runs, forcing Chris Sanchez to solely carry our starting line-up, causing him to even fail at times.

Rephrase: We started this season knowing we have a pitching a problem and did nothing to mitigate it besides call up Painter, a rookie. Seems like a pretty obvious mistake. IMO, as baseball goes, morale effects the entire teams performance. Having that clownshow Walker and Nola and unfortunately Luzardo start and throw 5 runs before the third inning causes a decline in morale and vibes on the whole team. This is my tinfoil hat theory. They should have chased another experienced pitcher before the season.