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B. Amish

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Span is not a center fielder,Ben can play it but has to stop making the errors. He needs to be able to hit past the pitcher some day. You need middle infielders and center fielder with a true #1 pitcher. Danny boy at third has to go.

Valencia> 17 errors needs to go.

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Ben Revere is only 23 years old. Waaaaayyyy to early to be throwing him under the bus.

OK...I'm the GM.

Re-sign Cuddy; Outfield is Revere, Span, Cuddy. Valencia and Morneau at the corners; an upgrade in the middle infield is needed, but there are more pressing matters. Casilla and Nishioka it is, for now.

Kubel can be let go. Nathan and Capps can go.

Priority is getting a number one starter. Baker, Pavano, and Liriano are a nice bunch of number 3 starters. Then bolster the bullpen.

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nathan would need to take a huge cut in pay to make him affordable to this team. not sure if perkins is the answer but think at this point in their careers he's just as good a closer as nathan at a much lower price.

cuddy at 3rd has already been a tried and failed experiment. true, danny has not been strong there this year but cuddy is not nearly quick and mobile enough. probably wouldn't have any more errors than valencia but also wouldn't make many of the plays danny does make. (keep in mind that when a 3b (danny) gets to a ball and pulls the 1b off the base with the throw, it's an error but if a slow 3b (cuddy) can't get to the ball in the first place, it's likely ruled a hit but either way it's not an out but looks different in the books.) and just like with the nathan/perkins example, similar results with much different salaries that could be used in other spots.

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Sure don't want to see a repeat of this season anytime soon. I hope everyone in the organization involved takes something from the futility, frustration and failure.

A good start would be:

Lose this awful GM. I've seen enough to know I've seen too much. Trades, poor free agent signings and drafting have exposed Billy as an epic fail.

Convince Mauer to spend some of that money on a personal trainer. And if he needs something worked on like knees, shoulder, neck etc. October is the time, not December. I don't ever want to hear the chronic leg fatigue syndrome term again.

Start thinking about Morneau as a regular DH. One dive should not scramble your brain for weeks and if it does, you aren't well enough to play a position for 140 games.

Give Kubel and Cuddy your best offer and give them a deadline. If they won't be here it's worth knowing as soon as possible.

Get at Number One starter, a Number Two starter and some relief pitching. Moving Duensing back to relief would help.

Buy out Nathan and renegotiate at a reasonsible figure.

Wish Matt Capps and Kevin Slowey well in their new endeavors someplace else.

Sign Perkins to a three year deal. His stuff is good enough to be here in some role.

Sign a back-up catcher that belongs in the majors and can step in when Joe goes on the 60 day DL again. Butera doesn't cut it.

Get Nishi to play winter ball, he has a lot to work on.

Sign Liriano to a trade-friendly contract and move him in 2012 if he can't develop the consistancy he should have at 27.

Get a free agent in here that will stir it up. I've never seen so many B personality types on a major league roster before.

If all else fails, blow this team up. Benson, Parmalee, Gutierrez, Sano and Hicks are the future. If you're going to lose 90-100 games, I'd rather watch these guys and save the money for free agents to retool a poor pitching staff and a system with little power prospects playing in a pitchers ball park.

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We need a good hitting coach. Someone who has done well at the major league level. Our hitters are pathetic and there's no excuse for it. Almost everytime we face a pitcher who has been having a tough time, he pitches like Cy Young. Crazy.

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We need a good hitting coach. Someone who has done well at the major league level. Our hitters are pathetic and there's no excuse for it. Almost everytime we face a pitcher who has been having a tough time, he pitches like Cy Young. Crazy.

Exactly! I've been saying it for a few yrs now Vavra's gotta go. When Twins hitters go in slumps they go in big time slumps. When you have multiple guys with the potential of hitting over .300 and guys who have done it before there is no reason they are all hitting in the low to mid .200's. Pathetic. Then when guys get outta there slumps it's never "I did a lotta work with Vavra" or "Vavra really helped me out". For instance this yr Casilla went back to something his little league coach taught him.

I wouldn't mind seeing Rick Anderson go either. Just like the hitters the pitchers have shown they can throw with the best of em, but they all are underacheiving.

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A prime example is how Granderson changed his batting technique when he was traded from Detroit to the Yankees. They had him lower his hands and all of a sudden he's a huge homerun threat. (I think I got those teams right?) Anyway, it just goes to show you how a different coach can spot something like that.

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I wouldn't mind seeing Rick Anderson go either. Just like the hitters the pitchers have shown they can throw with the best of em, but they all are underacheiving.

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