twinkiller573

Good article. I agree with the fans saying keeping Dozier is VERY important. Here is how I'd suggest fixing the Twins. First they are bad but not as bad as their record indicates. Fangraphs baseruns has them -11 wins. So with average luck they should have won 11 more games. Also the pitching is not as horrific as it looks. It's still bad but their ERA is 0.54 runs higher than their FIP worst in AL by quite a bit and average AL team actually beats their FIP by .04 Due to ridiculous price of good or great free agent starting pitching. They need cost effective additions to rotation, bullpen and trust that prospects can develop. This will mean they won't have a great rotation but if they can get close to average that will be more than enough if they can build an above average lineup and bullpen. They do have Stewart, Gonsalves, Mejia and even Wheeler looked promising at AAA this year. With luck 1-2 of them might be MLB ready at some point next year. 1. Add Wilson Ramos he is clearly best available C and catchers are dirt cheap compared to FA starting pitching. Ramos can make an average lineup well above average and his defense should help the pitching even if it is only a slight improvement. Mitch Garver might be a solid backup C, too. 2. Add Melancon and 1 other above average reliever. The Twins have been slow to this trend but KC, Bal, and others have emphasized bullpen and it works. You can never have enough good relievers. Maybe Perkins can come back and be good again. Rogers and Chargios have shown some potential. Trevor Hildenberger has all the signs of a solid MLB reliever but got hurt tendonitis so "should" be healthy next year. 3. Make O'Rourke a lefty specialist! O'Rourke dominates Lefties but struggles vs. righties. MLB career lefties hit .127 off him. If used correctly O'Rourke can be VERY good. 3. Move May back to rotation. He is probably their most talent starter other than Santana. 4. Quit messing with Berrios delivery and let the kid pitch. Maybe he will be a bust but I think with his raw stuff and demeanor he will be a good MLB starter. 5. Trust Duffey will come back. His BB/K rate is nearly 3:1 and his HR/FB rate 19.3% is almost certain to fall dramatically next year. Very few pitchers ever stay over 13%. He was good last year and his xFIP is 3.93 which is very solid. I guess the easiest fix is change coaching philosophy and make fixes to bullpen and hope the young prospects develop.