The Garza thing was irritating because we traded away the wrong guy. You'll recall we had a perceived glut of good young starters. There were differences of opinion about who were the best among the group; hindsight now is 20/20 of course. But Garza was the one that seemed clearest to me not to trade. I think the Twins went with whoever got the most in trade, whereas I'd be inclined to trade away whoever got me the least, unless I was very sure my scouts were miles better than the Rays'. I think the Twins were also overly swayed by not liking Garza's cockiness or whatever.
Blyleven observed that the Twins needed a starter to go deep into a game, and that that's what Milone has done. Blyleven observed this after Milone had 5.1 innings to his credit.