What that means to me is, if he's not one of those 5-7 really, really good ones, then he's not really worth very much. He'd be in the "everyone else" group, which doesn't do a whole lot for your team, and isn't particularly hard to find in trade or free agency. He'd be cheap, though, for a while, which is worth something, if you use the savings elsewhere. That said, I wouldn't be in favor of trading Gordon for Verlander, and I don't think it takes that much. It'd mostly take money....which I admit is easy for me to spend (since it's not mine), but which I think it's fair to say the Twins have and can spend.