I could trade Revere or Span for pitchers....the difference should be, we should expect the GM to be right more than I would be. Anyone on this board could have followed that process, the Twins followed it twice, and failed both times. As for the Span trade, John Bonnes did research, tall pitchers, other than 1, don't work out. The Twins didn't just roll the dice, they rolled 1 die, and tried to get a 7.