Yeah the struggles with guys on 3rd and less than 2 outs aren't new. It's been a theme since the ASB last year. Before the ASB they were very good at cashing those runs in. Afterwards, they got them in like 20% of the time.
Grandal and Robert killing the ball in the 2nd half hid a lot of those issues. But now that nobody in the lineup is really carrying the team, the struggles with guys on 3rd and less than 2 outs are becoming way more evident.