Seth Stohs

I don't see this even a little bit.

I don't disagree, Teflon... could have a guy up from Rochester the next afternoon.

The difference is that Marquis isn't competing for a roster spot. He'll be starting for the Twins in the regular season, so his numbers aren't hugely important other than for his own goals, of course.

The thing that Burroughs has going for him is that he is left-handed. It would be good for the Twins to have a left-handed bench bat... in that scenario, Casilla becomes the backup SS.

Exactly. What he's done to this point is stay on the big league roster for another week. his 8-15 start keeps him getting looks. What he does from this point forward will determine whether he will be a serious contender. I think he's only made one start. He hasn't yet played SS, I don't think. Last year he played 3B, SS, 2B and LF. Didn't hit well, but did hit a lot of homers. He's already 28-29, so he can be a utility guy at this stage. He does have big league experience too, albeit limited, but that can't hurt. I'd still categorize it as a long shot.

They woudln't base it on a couple of hits... they would be basing it on things like his leadership qualities, his personality, his ability to handle it, his numbers in 2011 and the improvements shown. Many things but it won't be anything about 15-20 at bats. I just think that they brought in Carroll, and they're giong to give Casilla one more try, and hopefully Dozier tears it up in Rochester and takes one of their jobs in June. I think that'd be great. However, the same qualities that veterans and coaches talked about with Mauer all those spring trainings ago are the same qualities that the coaches, front office and teammates are saying about Dozier now. Granted, Mauer was 20 and Dozier is 24, so they're not comparing them in terms of prospect status, but about their ability to help the team win.

Here is the Twins lineup today against the Boston Red Sox: Denard Span CF Jamey Carroll SS Joe Mauer 1B Justin Morneau DH Josh Willingham RF Danny Valencia 3B Ryan Doumit C Ben Revere LF Alexi Casilla 2B Jason Marquis SP Bullpen will include: Terry Doyle, Alex Burnett, Jeff Manship, Kyle Waldrop, Jared Burton and Anthony Swarzak.

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The Twins reduced their spring training roster significantly on Monday morning, and there was even a surprise or two. The biggest name on the list was Tsuyoshi Nishioka. Many believed that because he has some ability to play shortstop and the had an inside track on the Twins utility job. But he has struggled throughout spring with many of the game's basics, and the Twins optioned him to Rochester. Carlos Gutierrez and Rene Tosoni were also optioned to Rochester. Several non-roster players were assigned to minor league camp. Relievers Jason Bulger, Luis Perdomo, Daryl Thompson, Esmerling Vaszquez and PJ Walters will report across the parking lot. Catchers Chris Herrmann and Dan Rohlfing will start preparing for their minor league seasons in minor league camp. Infielder Aaron Bates and outfielder Wilkin Ramirez were also sent to minor league camp. Aside from Nishioka, there are not a lot of surprises. Gutierrez has good numbers but still lacks that second pitch that could make him very good. Tosoni really struggled in big league camp, with just one hit in 15 at bats. Aaron Bates, who blogs for Twins Daily, is a surprise to some degree. The first baseman was 8-20 this spring. He was posting a line of .400/.429/.450 and has had back-to-back multi-hit games. The spring training roster is now at 45 with 21 pitchers, six catchers, 11 infielders and seven outfielders vying for 25 spots. Maybe the most interesting thing about the Nishioka demotion is the possible utility infielders remaining in camp. The most intriguing is Brian Dozier who is now hitting over .300 this spring, and hit his first home run yesterday. The Twins won't keep him up to be a backup, but he could potentially win a starting job still. Michael Hollimon has been terrific the first half of spring training, hitting .533 albeit in just 17 plate appearances. Ray Chang, Pedro Florimon, Brian Dinkelman and Sean Burroughs also seem to be in the hunt for an Opening Day roster spot. Any thoughts on the transactions? [ATTACH=CONFIG]350[/ATTACH]

May have been an auto-draft. Relievers can get a lot of points. Way too early for me too!

336 picks. 2 hours, 52 minutes... A few panic picks, a couple steals... Uffdah! Welp, use this list as you will... use it as a cheat sheet, or just a fun read before your drafts.

24th Round 323 - Hector Noesi 324 - Alex White 325 - Aroldis Chapman 326 - Cliff Pennington 327 - Joe Blanton 328 - Johnny Giavotella 329 - Placido Polanco 330 - Orlando Hudson 331 - Dallas Braden 332 - Blake Beavan 333 - Brian Roberts 334 - Andy Pettitte 335 - Jason Bartlett 336 - Erik Bedard

23rd Round 309 - Danny Duffy 310 - Garrett Jones 311 - Mike Aviles 312 - Henderson Alvarez 313 - Bartolo Colon 314 - John Buck 315 - Josh Collmenter 316 - Peter Bourjos 317 - Edwin Encarnacion 318 - Coco Crisp 319 - Travis Hafner 320 - Alex Rios 321 - Julio Teheran 322 - Rafael Furcal

22nd Round 295 - Bryce Harper 296 - Jeff Samardzija 297 - Devin Mesoraco 298 - Angel Pagan 299 - Felipe Paulino 300 - Eric Thames 301 - Jason Vargas 302 - Addison Reed 303 - Carlos Quentin 304 - Homer Bailey 305 - Chris Narveson 306 - Mike Trout 307 - Randy Wolf 308 - Colby Rasmus

21st Round 281 - Gordon Beckham 282 - Yadier Molina 283 - James McDonald 284 - Jake Peavy 285 - Josh Tomlin 286 - R.A. Dickey 287 - Dayan Viciedo 288 - Bobby Abreu 289 - Tim Stauffer 290 - Kenley Jansen 291 - Wilson Ramos 292 - Phil Hughes 293 - Alcides Escobar 294 - Javy Guerra

20th Round 267 - Denard Span 268 - Jake Arrieta 269 - Justin Smoak 270 - Rick Porcello 271 - Frank Francisco 272 - Russell Martin 273 - Adam LaRoche 274 - Carl Pavano 275 - Chris Capuano 276 - Freddy Sanchez 277 - Mark Trumbo 278 - Mitch Moreland 279 - Jason Bay 280 - Brad Peacock

19th Round 253 - Huston Street 254 - Jim Johnson 255 - Matt Harrison 256 - Luke Hochevar 257 - Bronson Arroyo 258 - Ryan Vogelson 259 - Chris Davis 260 - Geovany Soto 261 - Omar Infante 262 - Delmon Young 263 - Alex Gonzalez 264 - Juan Nicasio 265 - Brian Matusz 266 - Chipper Jones

18th Round 239 - Danny Valencia 240 - Ivan Nova 241 - Edinson Volquez 242 - Wade Davis 243 - Daniel Murphy 244 - Zack Cozart 245 - Brett Myers 246 - Carlos Zambrano 247 - Ted Lilly 248 - James Loney 249 - Josh Willingham 250 - Jed Lowrie 251 - AJ Burnett 252 - Brett Cecil

17th Round 225 - J.P. Arencibia 226 - Aaron Hill 227 - Kyle Farnsworth 228 - Jeremy Guthrie 229 - Carlos Lee 230 - Mat Gamel 231 - Matt Joyce 232 - Matt Capps 233 - Marc0 Scutaro 234 - Jeff Niemann 235 - Brandon McCarthy 236 - Yonder Alonso 237 - Scott Baker 238 - Chris Sale

16th Round 211 - Ryan Howard (and hope he comes back at 100%... sometime...) 212 - David Freese 213 - Jonathan Sanchez 214 - Brandon League 215 - Bud Norris 216 - Chase Headley 217 - Adam Lind 218 - Ryan Raburn 219 - Brandon Belt 220 - Gavin Floyd 221 - Ian Desmond 222 - Kendry Morales 223 - Johan Santana 224 - Jonathan Niese

15th Round 197 - Lucas Duda 198 - Chad Billingsley 199 - Yoenis Cespedes 200 - Ike Davis 201 - Jesus Montero 202 - Dee Gordon 203 - Vance Worley 204 - Stephen Drew 205 - Jose Tabata 206 - Jhoulys Chacin 207 - Justin Morneau 208 - JD Martinez 209 - Shaun Marcum 210 - Mike Minor

14th Round 183 - Torii Hunter 184 - Tim Hudson 185 - Jair Jurrjens 186 - Ricky Nolasco 187 - Rafael Betancourt 188 - Gaby Sanchez 189 - Chris Perez 190 - Adam Dunn 191 - Doug Fister 192 - Edwin Jackson 193 - Mike Leake 194 - Vernon Wells 195 - Ryan Dempster 196 - Jemile Weeks

13th Round 169 - Yunel Escobar 170 - Danny Espinosa 171 - Neftali Perez 172 - Brett Gardner 173 - Martin Prado 174 - Carlos Pena 175 - Mark Buehrle 176 - Justin Masterson 177 - Ichiro Suzuki 178 - Cameron Maybin 179 - Dexter Fowler 180 - John Danks 181 - Derek Jeter 182 - Jeff Francoeur