BCW

I think things should be put in perspective. TheTwinsare re-building. It takes time. In 1981 the Orlando Twins had a great year. In 1980 those players began to move onto the Twins -Giatti, Laudner, Ruefel, Viola, and Hrbek from Visalia. The Twins won 60 games. Things were bumpy over the next years, with player performances going up and down. Finally in 1987 they won the series, though only 85 games for the year. Chattanooga had a great year last year. The Twins started harvesting a good minor league system last year with Sano, Buxton and Rosario, and Berrios and Kepler this year. The Twins have had a number of bad years, but last year was really when the rebuild began. The players will have bumpy rides - Viola's era was over 5 his first year, Giatti hit 5 homeruns in '84. There are few Trouts, who hit the majors at full speed. But I think has as much, if not more, promise as the 1982 Twins (and farm system, Puckett wasn't up yet). Rebuilding requires patience. But the Twins will not get to the top any other way. They can't compete in free agency with New York and Boston. There will be many questions at the end of next year and probably '18, but I believe the best tact is let these young players take their lumps and learn