Too Much Twins

Does this make anyone else who follows the drafts feel a little queasy? I'm not typically one for petty grumbles here. Just makes me sick knowing how much better I'd sleep at night if we could pencil in Turner for at least adequate SS play for the next few years. And I'm relatively high on Gordon; I just don't expect any realistic contributions for at least 3+ years. Turner was thought of as a top 5 pick heading into draft season, but had some leg injuries (one of his best tools is speed) and an up and down draft year. I still was pulling for him and was quite surprised when he fell to 13.

Escobar's finest AB as a Twin. Epic.

i like curtiss!

how about james norwood for the 6th round?

i'm soooo excited for the draftttttt. and i will express this excitement with a constructive outburst: TOUKI TOUKI TOUKI TOUKI TOUKI TOUKI TOUKI anybody else as excited as i am?

Dope write-up Seth. Your constant positivity and insistence on recognizing the underappreciated is inspiring. Hurlbut is a personal favorite of mine: a consistent, above-average performer in any role asked of him (which has been pretty much every role there is).

Hey Seth. What keeps Atherton out of honorable mention? Performance? Repeating a low level? low number of innings? Just curious what you think about him, had fantastic end of the season with suddenly great control...

+1. And I may have gleaned from my skimming that Thrylos declared Delmon and Morneau comparable.

God I love Joe Mauer.

Excellent showing for Gibson: 5 IP,4 H, 8 K

Or he preferred to go back to Japan (to take a slight paycut) where he could play in the best league/be a star again rather then riding the bus between Rochester and Scranton for another season? I don't give him any credit, he was a terrible ball player for this club and is one of the reasons why this team finished in last place two years in a row. Good riddance. He was a big part of the reason the 2011 team finished in last place. He had very little to do with how bad the 2012 team was/is. The Twins got rid of Hardy and choose to bring in Nishioka to be the teams starting SS in 2011/12/13. The SS woes that plague the team this year are still his fault, since he was getting paid to be the starting SS. SpiritofVodkaDave, you're logic is crap and have some empathy. Nishioka did not make the Twins make the terrible Hardy trade. He didn't make them overpay him for three years. He did suck, but he didn't make the sucky decision that got nothing in return for Hardy and left them in a hole for three years. That blame lies with the FO.

I'd prefer this path: Trade Willingham this off-season for a respectable haul of pitching. He returns significantly more than Morneau or Revere, and frees up 7 mil for more pitching. Start next season with Revere, Span, and Parm in the outfield (he has little experience, but can't be much worse than the Hammer). Assuming another losing season and reasonable trade offers, trade Span for pitching at the deadline and call up Hicks sometime in July. 2013 off-season let Morneau walk, enter 2014 with Parm at first, a young outfield of Hicks, Revere, Arcia and hopefully a large haul of other teams' pitching.