Coyner

On the one hand, I like these moves because it's becoming clear that the new analytics boys are in charge and want to place a higher priority on the club's horrendous pitching. This smacks of long-term rather than short-term solutions. By that I mean, they don't much care that Park looked good this spring. I doubt seriously if they ever really had him in their plans. Winning now seems less important than gradually stabilizing a shaky rotation. That being said, the club needs to be more cognizant of an ever-increasing apathy from fans already turned off by six years of bad baseball. They don't want to see more of Joe Mauer. They've seen the bargain basement, quick fix acquisitions of guys like Grossman. The Twins' season ticket sales are in serious decline, yet they did little to nothing in the off-season to sell hope. Jason Castro? Hits .210 but is the league's best framer? Send Park down again despite being the only real feel-good story coming out of camp? Preaching patience to an already disenchanted and disinterested fan base is risky business.

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