Twins stinking

What is going on with the Twins hitters? Nobody can seem to get a timely hit, especially against some of these pitchers they've been facing.
I think the biggest problem is pitch selection. Instead of looking for something they can drive with less than two strikes, they're up there hacking away and taking defensive swings with one or no strikes against them, often times resulting in weak pop-ups and groundballs. I don't understand why they don't look for a pitch in their comfort zone that they can take a good solid swing. Instead every pitcher they've been facing looks like Cy Young.
This poor hitting is eerily similar to the start of last year, when they weren't scoring more than a couple of runs a game and fell way behind the Tigers and White Sox, before the Whities faded of course and eventually Detroit wilted.
It is April after all and there are still five months to go, so I'm not giving up hope yet. But, they better turn things around and give Santana and company some run support.
Who knows, one of these days, I might get to watch a full game and give a detailed report on what they did right, wrong and my full distaste for Capt. Obvious and Mr. Circle (Dick & Bert).