In 2012, the Twins staff only struck out 15.2% of the batters they faced. The next worse team was the Indians at 17.3%, a huge 2.1% gap. (The gap between those two teams (30th and 29th) was larger than the gap between 29th and 18th in the league.) As a result, the Twins gave up the second most runs in the American League, and when you adjust for park effects (Target Field suppresses runs) it was the worst. So the Twins clearly need to find a way to improve its pitching staff and find hurlers who can strike out more batters.