Brian Duensing just pitched in a late/close situation in a postseason game. http://www.aveleyman.com/Gallery/ActorsA/348-17129.gif "Oh, my Holy God..." Unless the Twins' minor league system has been vastly overrated the past few years, it would seem that there's been an ongoing failure to turn talented minor league players into productive major league players, especially the pitchers. The development side deserves some blame, because while Twins prospects have generally not been rushed, they often appear rougher around the edges with respect to fundamentals than rookies should. That said, it's hard to see how the Twins could put together such a terrible season without there being serious problems with the way the staff prepares and utilizes its young players, as well as veterans like Duensing too. I admire Molitor the player and person, I like his staff, and I don't think they were incompetent. But I don't know how a franchise that has under-performed so badly for so long can bring in a new guy from outside to run baseball operations, and then give him an eraser instead of a clean whiteboard to draw up 2017 and beyond.