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Article: The Defensive Dilemma
themattsonian replied to Nick Nelson's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
IMO, this is all relative to pitching. Until we get pitchers that can actually strike people out, and get the defense off the field quicker, this team is hopeless. If you look around the league, most teams have a defensively sub-par corner outfielder in the starting lineup. That's probably what Arcia's destiny is going to be with the Twins. If your other two OF spots are league avg or above defenders, you're in good shape. How many games did the twins start Willingham in LF? Arcia can't be any worse than he was. But to me, this all boils down to pitching and strike outs. Whether that involves a change in philosophy (firing Anderson) or trading prospects for FRONT LINE starting pitching, I'm not sure. It seems like even our pitchers that are dominant strike out pitchers in the minor leagues are coming up and changing their philosophy. Something has to give here.