Kelly Vance

He should go up there looking for pitches he can hit to right field and then drive them that way.

They ARE pitching him outside more, but that is only part of it. He is trying to pull everything, even outside pitches. He should hit those pitches to right field. That would give him more time on his swing and would put the sweet spot on the ball as he drives the ball the other way. Trying to pull an outside pitch actually pulls the bat away from the ball, and if you hit it at all, it will be off the end of the bat.

Just saw Cola strike out looking on an outside pitch after trying to pull a pitch on the outside corner (strike 2). I wonder if he needs glasses

Kubel is what I call a stuborn hitter. He tries to pull everything. That's why he pulls his head and is a fish for the outside strike. Cola started trying to pull everything as well, which not surprisingly concided with his slump. There is a danger when you have a hot streak. You stop going with what worked and start trying to hit everything out of the park. Almost always this results in pulling your head and pulling the bat away from pitches out over the plate.

So depressiong. This recent comedy of errors is just more evidence the Twins know they have no chance to compete. Look, mismanagement at a very high level. They have a CF problem and OF shortage. Span and Revere are both starting for their teams and are batting leadoff. The downward spiral actually started when they let Torii go. Been trying to get a stable OF ever since. Gardy plays favorites regardless of baseball sense. Anthony is letting him call the shots. The Guerrier and Bartlett decisions cannot be explained otherwise. Gardy must not like Parmalee. It was a no brainer to call him up when the OF needed someone. Instead, he kept three shortstops and three catchers ( so to speak) had one of the SS play OF for the first time. Man..... Pedro and Hermann need to go. Call up Parmalee. This team needs offense. April is over. Pitching...Made no sense to send the rookie LHP who just threw 3 perfect innings down. We are short on lefties as it is. Guerrier would have redone his deal after the option expired. Frankly, he had nowhere else to go. And we would not need 8 relievers if Gardy did not have a couple of them throw 1 pitch per appearance ( I exaggerate only slightly). There are only 9 innings in a game. If the starter gets you to 6th inning, you need 3 relievers. And why can't a reliever pitch two days in a row if he only thows one inning? We have several guys in AA and AAA that could come up right now and do as well as our current starters I am OK with Fuld. He is versatile, fast, and not hurting us so far. He is basically a wash with Pressley and Mastro. Wilson .... made no sense to add if we aren't gonna move him up when we have an OF emergency.... see Parmalee comments here