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.
双城的GM Terry Ryan被火掉了，位置将由助理GM Rob Antony暂代
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.
事实上，在五月双城战绩烂透爆炸的时候
老板才告诉Ryan说他的饭碗100%会保住
不过，显然老板骗人QQ (虽然被火的原因还有接任以来的成绩都烂到炸啦)
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的第一个任期其实把明尼苏达兄弟队带得很成功
但回锅之后有三个赛季(今年会是第四个)都超过90败
去年虽然有83胜，但老板认为这只是他运气好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的经营被大肆批评，包括他与当今经营风格大相迳庭
此外，虽然他本人不喜欢在自由市场上乱撒钞票
但却很常给自家的烂球员开大支票
结果就是，没大物也没$$
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.
以前的双城也是小资球队
所以他们靠农场养成许多大物（Torri Hunter, David Ortiz...)
但这十年来农场的经营方针让许多球迷开始怀疑
而现在，连老板也感受到了
Here is the club’s statement, complete with comment from Ryan himself:
http://goo.gl/AaTzat