Twins fire GM Terry Ryan
Big news from the Twin Cities: the Minnesota Twins just announced that
General Manager/Executive Vice President Terry Ryan has been fired. He will
be replaced on an interim basis by Assistant GM Rob Antony.
雙城的GM Terry Ryan被火掉了，位置將由助理GM Rob Antony暫代
In late May a “high-ranking Twins official” told columnist Mike Berardino
that ownership was “100 percent committed” to Ryan keeping his job. The
club went 10-17 in June and is 8-5 in July, which is actually an improvement
over its April and May performance, but one gets the strong impression that
Ryan’s ouster is about more than just the 2016 record.
事實上，在五月雙城戰績爛透爆炸的時候
老闆才告訴Ryan說他的飯碗100%會保住
不過，顯然老闆騙人QQ (雖然被火的原因還有接任以來的成績都爛到炸啦)
Rather, it’s about team direction. This was Ryan’s second tour as the GM of
the club. His first one was successful, as he helped build a team that won
four division titles from 2002 through 2006. Since his return following the
2011 season, however, the Twins have posted 90+ loss seasons three times and
are on their way to a fourth 90+ loss season in the last five. Last year’s
83-79 team is looking more and more like a fluke each passing day.
Ryan的第一個任期其實把明尼蘇達兄弟隊帶得很成功
但回鍋之後有三個賽季(今年會是第四個)都超過90敗
去年雖然有83勝，但老闆認為這只是他運氣好ˊˋ
Ryan’s approach worked for several years, but as the 2000s wore on, his
affinity for scouting and old school baseball as opposed to the analytical
approach most clubs were rapidly adopting became increasingly anachronistic.
He has been historically loathe to spend money on a needed top tier free
agent in any given year yet has, perversely, spent a LOT of money on several
mediocre or outright bad players such as Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes and Mike
Pelfrey. This worst-of-both-worlds approach has given the Twins neither top
talent nor financial flexibility.
Ryan的經營被大肆批評，包括他與當今經營風格大相逕庭
此外，雖然他本人不喜歡在自由市場上亂撒鈔票
但卻很常給自家的爛球員開大支票
結果就是，沒大物也沒$$
Meanwhile, the player development system that served the Twins so well 15
years ago has been far less successful in the past decade. There is a new,
promising core consisting of Byron Buxton and Jose Berrios, Miguel Sano and
Max Kepler, but Ryan’s ability to build around it is dubious given his moves
over the past several offseasons. Many Twins fans have felt this for years.
Now it seems that Twins ownership agrees with them.
以前的雙城也是小資球隊
所以他們靠農場養成許多大物（Torri Hunter, David Ortiz...)
但這十年來農場的經營方針讓許多球迷開始懷疑
而現在，連老闆也感受到了
Here is the club’s statement, complete with comment from Ryan himself:
http://goo.gl/AaTzat