It has been a hellacious week, thusly the lack of posting. The Twinks ended the first month of play under achieving in some eyes, but managing in others, going 11-11 without (and this is the greatest nickname ever via Down with Goldy) Baby Jesus. This group could have achieved much more if Gardy hadn't been inspecting his own colon for the past month. Let's run down the list of what should be done here:
#1 Get rid of freakin Nick Punto. He hits about as well as an old lady and fields like a teenager that is scared out of his mind, constantly going oh shit, oh shit, oh shit until he gets rid of the ball. Easiest of the positions to fix, Brendan Harris. End of discussion, moving on.
#2 Find a hole for Cuddyer to spend his Crash Davis years. You would have thought having the confidence of the idiot on the bench in you, that you will be there every day would calm you down and allow you to perform...uh apparently not. He is not carrying the stick he has in the past nor the defensive prowless from seasons past.
#3 Keep Denard Span off of the bench. If you're going to platoon in the outfield, he needs to be out there every day. Fix #1 trade problem #2. Fix #2 send Go Go down down. He needed work last year and we stuck with him, but with 4 everyday outfielders and Kuebel more than capable, we need a fix out there. Right now, Span is the best defensive one out there and best hitter.
#4 Who has taken Scott Baker and when are you bringing him back? 0-4 and let's guess about 12 home runs given up and a 9+ ERA. Ace of the staff who?
#4a What the hell has happened to Liriano? He should have won his last start if they didn't shit the bed after his first quality start of the year.
#5 The bullpen as a whole: The experiments are just not working out Mr. Smith. Dickey you really don't need a knucle baller coming out of the pen, Murillo or whatever his name was-wow Ricky Vaughn called, wants his control back, Guierrer has spent his talent-didn't take long, and Breslow looks scared as shit. Get rid of RA Dickey, especially when you don't trust him to throw his out pitch with runners on. As soon as they brought him in last night, I told the wife that we wouldn't get out of the half inning down less than 2 runs...well it was 3.
Gardy, you rode the wave of that 2002 contraction bid as far as you can. Now you actually are going to have to manage a big league ball club. If you're going to carry 3 catchers, use it the right way and keep Mauer in the lineup, everyday now that he's back. Figure out how to handle your bullpen, not sure who made the final choice (sure you had something to do with it) but Humber and Duensing are way better than Dickey and Breslow. Fix it now or send yourelf down to Rochester and see what you can do down there to get your confidence back.
Bottom line for the Twins: Get your shit together.
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