Twinsarenotgood

Gardy is just as much to blame for he is the one that kept Rick Anderson employed all these years. The guy couldn't coach a 10 year old how to pitch. Let's also not forget that few years back, when the Twins were good, gardy would basically throw the Sunday games and trot out a AAA lineup. Gardy is not a good manager and not a guy you would want to manage a group of talent if the Twins were ever capable of assembling any. Not likely to happen soon as the Twins prefer to sign guys like Nolasco and Pelfrey. Gardy and the players are equal in this.

With football season here, I will watch very little baseball period as it's a very boring sport. I usually don't even watch much of the world series. Once again, there has to be NOTHING on.

I watch them when there is NOTHING else on and even when I do, it's more for background noise while I do stuff around the house. I don't need to watch AAA talent posing as major leaguers.

It's interesting to read the viewpoints on this topic. Some of the excuses above are why I don't watch the Twins or listen to them as much as I have in the past. I'm so sick of the "company" men on TV and on radio making excuses and candy coating everything. I know they are probably told to say the things they say, but it gets old. They take the smallest little positive and act like the Twins are soon to be World Series contenders when they are in fact far far far away from that. I don't believe in luck that much and I really don't believe luck has anything to do with the Twins' current situation. Bad trades, bad contracts, bad management all over the organization, and overhyped/overrated players. It's just too much to take right now because it's been going on for a while and will probably continue for a while too. If any of our hyped prospects actually pan out, it will be a matter of time before we are forced to trade them for nothing or they leave in free agency for a better organization/opportunity. So let's say the Twins had "good" luck right now. What are they? A second or third place team in their own division? Who cares about that? They just don't have the players to be a legitimate contender. There's NOT ONE single starting pitcher that we can trot out there and count on getting a win. We don't have a single hitter that strikes fear into an elite pitcher. We are going to need our top prospects to pan out and then acquire even more players just to be a legitimate team. Until then, let the excuse making continue. The only true way to do anything about it is to stop going to games and giving the Twins your money. Send a message with your wallet.

Even when healthy, Pelfrey is not a good pitcher and is on the Twins because we overpaid for a player that nobody else wanted. End of story. His "unpredictable" injury means nothing and I'm not sure he really is injured.

The Twins were NEVER in contention for anything other than last place in their division this year. That is FACT. Good thing the Twins play in the weakest American League division or else they would be even further behind. There were no "major" free agent signings. The guys we got were average players that had no other places to go. You are a fool if you think the Morales signing was for anything other than trade bait for a prospect once the team was clearly finished. That's not a "major" signing of a contender. That's a desperation play by an organization this is clueless. Bring up all the "prospects" you want and see how it works out. There are no guarantees. We have already seen plenty of our "prospects" suck in the majors. Based on current history, I can only assume it will continue and refuse to blame anything on luck with this poorly run organization.

This original post is what drives me crazy about the Twins, their "company" men on TV and the radio, and the homer fans of this team. This team isn't unlucky, THEY JUST HAVE A LOT OF MINOR LEAGUE TALENT THAT HAVE TO PUT ON THE FIELD BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOBODY ELSE. Period. For all we now Buxton and Sano might suck in the majors. Counting on prospects to make you a great team when you have nothing is not the way to go. Wasn't hicks supposed to be great? Wasn't Scott Diamond our next ace? My point is that we have been fed a bunch of BS about our minor league system and our prospects. About the only person that has impressed is Dozier and I think he has already hit his ceiling. Chances are that if Buxton and Sano are truly great players, we are only developing them for one of the major market teams to sign them in the future. Any team that goes out and signs Mike Pelfrey and Ricky Nolasco and expects them to carry a rotation is just plain stupid. Those guys have never been great pitchers and counting on them for anything is a huge mistake, injuries or not. Kevin Correia is awaful too. We have a guy making $23 million per year to hit doubles. All because he's a local kid. We should trade Mauer to the first team that will take him. He isn't worth $23 million. This organization is bad because of bad management from the top down, and lack of MLB talent. There is no luck involved. Bad money management, bad trades, bad signings, and lack of actual talent.