I'm a first time poster here but have read the comments for a long time. I'm a 45 year fan of Minnesota sports, but it is getting to be tough to be a Twins fan anymore. I live in Greater Minnesota but have purchased a 20 game 4 tix pack for the past several years and spent the time and effort to go to the games. I dropped it this year. I just don't know what the administration's hang-up with the young players is. I understand keeping players under team control as long as possible, etc. such as when Washington waited 6 weeks into 2012 to bring up Harper which allowed them to keep him under team control for another year. However, the Twins don't seem to want to bring up anybody with the exception of Hicks last year. The Wild are fun to watch this year with the excitement of young guys like Coyle, Granlund, Kuemper, Haula, Brodin, etc. They make mistakes, but they add excitement. The Twins just keep recycling the same old guys through the system which doesn't give me much incentive to buy tickets. I read on here that we fans were worried about which pitcher would be left off the team and we had to keep certain guys 'cause they were out of options. Face the facts, we have had the worst starting staff in the world. . who is going to claim Diamond and Worley, guys that cannot make that staff. I did some checking, free agency aside, players that could play were brought up under former administrations and let play. Here are some ages and minor league At Bats (prior to being called up) of some prominent Twins of the past -- Wynegar (20-659ab), Hrbek (21-1100 ab) Gaetti (23-1400 AB), Carew (21-940 Ab), Gagne (21, 1900Abs) and pitchers Viola (22-156 minor league innings) and Blyleven (19 - 194 IN). Here's a couple from other organizations such as Bryce Harper (19-450ab) and Mike Trout (19-1100 AB) Now we have guys in the minors who have already thrown their arms out such as Trevor May (677 minor league innings) and Kyle Gibson (425 minor league innings). Rosario 1400 abs, Sano 1400 abs) I say bring 'em up and let 'em play. I'm aware of the situations of Rosario and Sano now but when ready let 'em play see what they can do -- it can't be much worse than it is today. Anyway, you get how I feel!
