Mountain Standard Time here in Tucson, RB. Not west coast time . We don't like us no west coast hippies nor their weird ideas about"daylight savings time"
My opinion hasn't changed since ST started... the best of a bad set of options was to start with Hicks in CF again this year. There is still a chance that option works out, meanwhile he's probably not any worse than the current options. Plus, I doubt the current CF options come with much if any chance at success, short or long term.
The Twins have had years to watch and evaluate Santana's ability to play SS. They made a decision this winter to play him there, and had an entire spring training (not just games) to evaluate that decision. Nothing he's done in 2015 should be a huge surprise to them. I hope they aren't changing their minds based on 10 games. Things can change, for the better or the worse, but I don't think you decide they've changed for good based on such limited data. Let him play.
Some night...not tonight, but some night, when it's late in the season and it's just a few of us hangin' out late in a west coast game, I'll share a great joke, with "cheetos" as a crucial part of a great punch line.