Bert Blyleven did not pitch with this team behind him your analogy is poppycock.
His being in the hall of fame has bollocks to do with Ryan giving up home runs.
Bert gave up 90 home runs in his first five years, whereas, Ryan has give up 101 .
LOL, Bert pitched 27 games in his first year; Ryan pitched 5 gaves in his first year and still gave up 11 more home runs in the same amount of time.
It is amazing here when players annointed by opinion on TD, end up having a hard time even being average, it is ALWAYS some one elses fault.
Natural born talent or a LACK of it , at Major League level, must be an imaginary thing.
He reminds me of Bobby Douglas, bullet passes that are hard to catch.
If he run as hard as Douglas did, just short of 1,000 yards in a 14 game season, he can make-up for his passing skills.
Twins tradition. Bring in vet on last leg of career - replacing unqualified young players.
Lack of talent leads to being "blocked" or - garbage in - garbage out.