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It's kind of funny to me that there's been multiple occasions where a veteran was traded at the deadline for guys that it's assumed will basically never be major leaguers, and yet Drew Butera...

Eddie Rosario is definitely the most overlooked prospect, relative to his value. While his numbers might be slightly skewed by the fact that he's still in High-A ball and will be 22 in September, a...

The division is terrible with the exception of Detroit, which isn't exactly free of its own problems. Detroit didn't look great early last year either, then ended up in the World Series. Their...

I'll fully cop to not knowing who the heck Antoan Richardson was until last week, but he would have made more sense than Clete Thomas, let alone Arcia now. Not that I have a problem with Arcia...

That comment (originally noted by Seth) about the callup date is a HUGE point to make. After letting Benson walk, I don't see how anyone can be too annoyed that this team wants somebody on the...

Gleeman's negative reaction to how they handled this (shared by many on this thread) is a valid complaint. They obviously lost a young "asset" when they could have exposed a number of...

Wow, that really got to me. The fact that these guys make a lot of money doesn't change the fact that (most) of them really like doing what they do, that it's all they ever known, and that it can be...

Totally agree. However, while he basically has the job out of sheer necessity right now, he should take note of what happened to Chris Parmelee, who is still relatively young, but never started...

This team is going to lose 90 games, primarily because of the rotation. So long as Hicks can get consistent playing time as an MLB center fielder (which he will, since we basically don't have any...

Yeah, this point gets missed a lot, and frankly, I think us "armchair GM's" are wrong to dismiss its importance. The Twins are a business, and also a part of the local identity. Trading Joe off this...

I highly doubt it's the worst in the history of baseball, but it has to have some of the lowest upside in any rotation I can ever remember. There have been plenty of bad rotations. Some of those...

Deduno ideally should have broken the year as a 4th or 5th starter, but for his WBC injury, so I don't really get anyone being mad at HIM for getting the call before Gibson. The reality is that...

I totally admit I hadn't heard of Thielbar until just now, but having looked up his track record in the minors, it looks excellent. You could argue that he's been a bit old for each level of the...

Isn't there like FanGraphs search or something that could figure that out? I'm not good with that stuff, but it seems doable.

Now in Year 4, I really don't think of Target Field as a park that...

I didn't think he was actually as bad as last year's numbers suggested (and his ability to block balls in the dirt still seemed average at the very least), but there were throwing issues last year...

Yeah, I feel like this argument is about 4 years past its prime. Granted, I used to say the same thing over and over again, but I feel like whenever you hear that now, 80% of that is directed at...

I've never heard this logic applied to any team before, let alone the Twins, but I don't find it particularly useful. What you are paying a player in a given year has much more to do with the...

I agree on the game pace thing, but I seriously doubt that it can be mentioned as a reason they would demote him. Vance Worley is another offender in this regard, so there could be some long,...

This could all change in a week, obviously (case in point: Aaron Hicks' performance), but after watching Arcia (22 yrs old on May 9th) play just a few games, can anyone with say any confidence that...

I just have zero interest in this. It's like the people who get worked up over Jamey Carroll not playing.

Omar Vizquel got some run with Toronto as a 45-year-old last year, but he's also one of...

Weather sucks everywhere right now. Games in Detroit and Chicago were cancelled yesterday while the Twins played TWO games. (Coincidentally, from parts of the same system that cost us the game on...

Totally in agreement with Mason on this one, though he's certainly not offering anything new or unique with that viewpoint.

Minnesotans are predisposed to complain about what they have, versus...

All of that may be true, and we've seen at least SOME evidence that Hicks can swing a confident bat in the minors.

But "taking a lot walks" is not, in and of itself, a useful or reliable skill. ...

Great points, Seth. Still, I'm really not concerned about what they do with Carroll. We've arguably gotten everything and more we could have expected out of him, but he's a career utility guy and...

I would think so too. I cringed when I saw Dave St. Peter tweeting people at 5pm who were asking if they should make a 2-hour drive to the game, and he told them it would be on. It was strange that...