The Twins just lost to the Royals tonight by a score of 2-0, dropping them to 4-8 in their first 12 games. Why is that? Somewhat shockingly, it has not been because of their pitching staff.
Here are some of the Twins' offensive rankings:
Batting Average: Bottom 5
Runs Scored: Bottom 10
Strikeouts: Top 10 Most
Team OPS: Bottom 10
Several of their hitters have underperformed (Sano, Polanco, Kirilloff, Correa, etc). They have also been hit with the injury bug early in the year. Buxton and Kirilloff have both hit the IL early in the year.
Why is this? Why are the Twins struggling so much on offense when it was expected to be one of baseball's best? And what needs to happen to fix it?