I used to think that the Terry Ryan/Gardenhire era was bad for the Twins hanging on to unproductive veterans instead of going with higher upside younger players but this era might be even worse.
Something that has been mentioned but not talked about in depth in this article or thread is the lack of quality pitching the Twins have gotten back in trades. In no particular order. Johan Santana for Humber, Mulvey, Guerra. Span for Alex Meyer who doesn't seem likely to produce Revere for Worley, and May who is decent but stuck in the bullpen Hardy for Huey and Jacobson I think there are more that I am forgetting. But clearly they have missed adding pitching in every way possible.
I have been looking around online for information on Murphy. Anyone know how Murphy's reputation is with handling a pitching staff and framing pitches?
I wish the Twins would consider trading Pelfrey. He isn't going to be part of the future and I doubt his trade value would get any higher than it is right now. There has to some team willing to take him.
For the Anti-Rushmore Twins how about some players who were so bad they didn't last the season like Sidney Ponson, Ramon Ortiz, Livan Hernandez, Mike Lamb, or even Rondell White who did attempted two seasons with the Twins.
This going to sound like I am beating a dead horse but I really hope the Twins are just waiting till after the draft to sign Drew because none of the candidates including Santana inspire confidence in me that we have a future big league ss that will be ready soon.
I am glad to see the Twins bringing the best players north. I had a fear that they were going to keep all of these out of options players on the roster while more talented guys wasted away in Rochester. I wonder if this means anything for the final bench spot on the team.
The last guy they lost if I am not mistaken (RA Dickey) turned out to be a Cy Young candidate, but they did sign him the next off-season only to release him after one season.