The best thing about playing the Royals is I can get my fix of this dope (I mean this lovingly) http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/144/144-287Bk.jpg
Far and away my biggest concern about the Twins is right field. They simply cannot go on with Sano out there. They have to solve that problem. Possibly Park needs to spend time in AAA until they can DL someone, swing a trade, etc.
A distant second is Eddie Rosario's... problem... identifying pitches? Or just, identifying strikes? Or cognitive roadblock with taking pitches? I don't know what's going on there but he needs to get his head right because there is no reason at all to throw him a strike right now.
Unfortunately, the data disagrees with you.
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=5&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=8&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0
Sano is not chasing at all. He's missing on pitches in the zone. In the upper third especially. He'll adjust.
Buxton swings at a quarter of pitches outside the zone.
(Oh God, Rosario...)
I believe Nunez is the better hitter than Suzuki. But its well-documented that coming off the bench cold to pinch hit penalizes a batter, and Nunez (in a small sample) seems particularly prone to it. Fans always overlook this effect.
If there is a righthander on the mound, and 2 outs, and you need a HR (not contact), and Arcia sits while Suzuki bats, I'll be right there with you pitchfork in hand.
But this looks to me like complaining for complaining's sake.
People, its going to be a long season if we question every time Molitor doesn't PH for his catcher with Ed freaking Nunez.
Its a small sample, but Nunez is 6/32 with no HRs as a PH for his career, and 6 punchouts.
I'll take regular old .680 Zuke over that guy 10/10.