It's going to be difficult to improve the bullpen, yet a guy capable of throwing together a 5.00 ERA would do it! That is the riddle, known as the Twins bullpen.
What is mind boggling to me is they basically admitted their bullpen was garbage last year when they went out and signed Rodney, Reed, and Duke. Then they turn around and get rid of all three of them AND Pressley and somehow think this year's bullpen is going to be good?
Dick raved for two months about what a luxury it was to have a proven major league player in Cave that was simply unable to get at bats with the big league team.
Astudillo is in no way a player any analytic would love. Scouts drooled all over Buxton from his senior year on, I don't even know how to respond regarding Polanco. Apparently we have different definitions of analytics. I look at it as a guy a computer would prefer over someone that watches games.
My dream is for his first start to be against the White Sox and give up a home run to Tim Anderson and then let him get three more starts against Chicago.