Should the Twins keep Tsuyoshi Nishioka on the Twins roster for next year? That seems to be the question every Twins fan is asking themselves right now. The blatantly obvious answer is NO, and here's exactly why:
- In the last two seasons, Nishioka has failed to make the necessary adjustments to his game to go from Japanese style of baseball to the American style of baseball. The most glaringly obvious point in time that I'm referring to is when he failed to get out of the way of Nick Swisher and ended up breaking his leg - so the degree to which this needs to be adjusted is pretty large. If, after two full seasons, he hasn't been able to adapt to the American style of pla, it's time for him to go.
- In the three games he last played with the Minnesota Twins, he has three errors. That's not a good statistic for a guy that's essentially "trying out" for the team.
- Right now the Twins are paying $3 million per year for Nishioka - way more than he's actually worth. I think Twins fans wouldn't have such a problem with this guy if he were actually playing at a halfway decent level that deserved this kind of dough.
So basically, I personally think they should be getting rid of this guy. Not only does he make mistakes, he just can't seem to adapt to American baseball. What do you guys think?
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