He'll likely never be at least reasonably good at it until he starts getting continued opportunities to do so. That will also show what he's really made of, as far as his psyche and physical abilities go.
Agreed. You can't keep treating the young starters with kid gloves indefinitely. They have to come off sometime. SWR, Festa, and Matthews are just the current ones affected. There will likely be more.
Very frustrating!
Nice win.
I still think that taking the training wheels off of SWR is long overdue. We really need to find out what he's fully capable of, so we know exactly what we have. Always limiting him to 2 times through the order and 5 innings each outing is never going to accomplish that end.
It's going to be a long rest of the summer until the NFL season starts. At least we have some reason for hope and positive results from the Vikes, which is way more than we have with this pathetic clown show known as the Twins.
Not much more that can be added regarding this miserable failure of a "team".
Just another pathetic hitting performance to add to the long list already compiled for this season.