Not a chance...

Well, Mike Pelfrey gave the Twins a chance today, as their most seasoned hitter was on paternity leave, but c'mon, can't we at least field a major league roster?

It's fun to see two or three position prospects try to make a major league roster. Aaron Hicks, Chris Hermann and perhaps Pedro Florimon fit the prospect label. But Doug Bernier, Clete Thomas and Chris Colabello hardly fit the prospect mold.

Here's a chart showing the disparity of minor league versus major league at-bats among six of the Twins players that Ron Gardenhire penciled into today's starting lineup:

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The old adage is that it takes about 2000 major league at-bats, or about 4,000 (mlb & milb) professional at-bats to round out a seasoned hitter. Today's lineup had six hitters with 1283 COMBINED major league at-bats. At 4603 at-bats, Justin Morneau has three and a half times as many at-bats as those six combined.

That's not just fielding a young team of hot prospects. That's not just throwing in the towel, a baby blanket--or two for the twins. That's waiving the gray-haired flag. A Weaver two-hitter, facing this Twins lineup, is no wonder.