Twins vs Mariners, 08-27-2012, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Twins:
Denard Span CF
Ben Revere RF
Joe Mauer C
Josh Willingham DH
Justin Morneau 1B
Ryan Doumit LF
Trevor Plouffe 3B
Jamey Carroll 2B
Pedro Florimon SS
(Liam Hendriks P)

Mariners:
Dustin Ackley 2B
Franklin Gutierrez CF
Kyle Seager 3B
Jesus Montero DH
John Jaso C
Justin Smoak 1B
Eric Thames RF
Trayvon Robinson LF
Brendan Ryan SS
(Felix Hernandez P)

[Brock Beauchamp]

Mariners offense, home crowd, Hendriks on the mound... Come on, somebody get the guy a win.

[Winston Smith]

This game is a setup, the Twins can't help but win. Everybody will be betting their houses on the Mariners.

[GCTF]

Good luck to new Terry Felton.

[Winston Smith]

Vargas is on waivers it's reported on trade rumor. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

If they don't claim him something is really wrong. Good start for next yr.

[snepp]

Mariners offense

3rd most road runs scored per game in the league.

fwiw

[jokin]

Vargas is on waivers it's reported on trade rumor. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

If they don't claim him something is really wrong. Good start for next yr.

Great point and given the horrific state of the pitching staff and that the Twins have first pick on these waiver options for AL players, it's perplexing that Vargas- and many other waiver-wire dumps with team control going forward and for costs less than the siging some of the upcoming FAs- haven't been snapped up by the handful.

[Top Gun]

They will pull him back.

[snepp]

I highly doubt they're simply "dumping" Vargas.

[ashburyjohn]

Vargas is on waivers it's reported on trade rumor. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

If they don't claim him something is really wrong. Good start for next yr.

A lot of his ERA is manufactured in Safeco; his road ERA in his four years for the Mariners is above 4.5 and his 2012 hasn't moved that appreciably He'll likely draw $8M in arbitration, then elect free agency after 2013. Still interested?

[USAFChief]

Nice throw Joe.

[jokin]

I highly doubt they're simply "dumping" Vargas.

Except that's what they essentially did in their trade with the Dodgers.

[jokin]

Vargas is on waivers it's reported on trade rumor. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

If they don't claim him something is really wrong. Good start for next yr.

A lot of his ERA is manufactured in Safeco; his road ERA in his four years for the Mariners is above 4.5 and his 2012 hasn't moved that appreciably He'll likely draw $8M in arbitration, then elect free agency after 2013. Still interested?

Given the current state of the Twins staff, yes.

[Winston Smith]

Even for a yr he'd help you have to start somewhere fixing this rotation. Might cost a prospect but please do something!

[USAFChief]

I don't see much improvement in stuff or location from Hendriks so far, but he's certainly been luckier at least. I'll take it.

[Riverbrian]

Nice throw Joe.

Hey Joe... Where you going with that gun... For... An arm?

[Riverbrian]

Vargas is on waivers it's reported on trade rumor. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

If they don't claim him something is really wrong. Good start for next yr.

A lot of his ERA is manufactured in Safeco; his road ERA in his four years for the Mariners is above 4.5 and his 2012 hasn't moved that appreciably He'll likely draw $8M in arbitration, then elect free agency after 2013. Still interested?

Given the current state of the Twins staff, yes.

Me 2... I'm ok with Vargas at 8 Mill.

[Riverbrian]

It's bad luck to talk about a no hitter...

So I'd like to discuss it.

[Riverbrian]

That Mauer single came immediately after my no hitter post... See... You don't talk about no nos.

[TheLeviathan]

Except that's what they essentially did in their trade with the Dodgers.

That comp doesn't make any sense. Unless Vargas recently signed a 265M extension I missed.