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There isn't a major league gene, I'm sure. But there has to be something to having a father that is a world class athlete. My dad is a slightly overweight guy with an oversized personality who likes to have a couple of drinks and complain about the local sports teams. I grew up to be almost the exact same guy. So whether that is genes or "monkey see, monkey do" I guess in the end if all things are equal I'd much prefer the guy with a Major League Father (patent pending on the movie title). It's not like they said he has grit or some other meaningless player attribute.

It's hard to do anything but scout the stat line with the minor leaguers. That's why this forum is pretty great, some people live closer to minor league cities and can inform those of us who don't while others are "connected" and can offer insights that we can't find elsewhere.

Doesn't the 4.8 years represent how much younger he is than average? He's the youngest pitcher by a year, I believe.

$15 for a kegstand? Not a terrible deal.

Neither of them walk much but other than that I don't see much Oliva in his game. I love Arcia but there are some real concerns. He's very hot right now but the all or nothing approach doesn't work for most players. Unless he starts hitting .300-.320 he needs to find some patience. Yeeeeahhh. Just a little patience.

There is no reason not to give him another season to see if he can improve. But at this point he looks like a pretty bad baseball player. Bad routes in the OF, bad AB's. At least he now throws it to the cut off guy sometimes.

When was the last time a 30 something setup man was traded for anything that mattered?

I don't even know what I'm having for dinner tonight. I have no clue what this weird franchise will do in 3 months.

And 180:1 is pretty good too. Approved.

Teams waste good pitching performances all the time. From real aces and perceived aces and non-aces. Perpetrated by Mariano Rivera and by Mike Trombley. It happens. Hopefully Hughes pitches well today, the young guys keep hitting and we can all move on. That's the beauty of baseball and exactly why I love it more than football. Tomorrow you can make everyone forget. The Twins could very well lose 95 games again this year. But hey, maybe they won't. This game says next to nothing about it either way.

I don't understand the deal but if this is the Twins worst personnel move of 2014 let's call it a win. He's turrble.

I was prepared to be frustrated by Gibson starting in AAA. This is good news, finally.

Like everyone, I have high hopes. I think the return of the curve is a good sign and the move from Yankeee Stadium to Target Field could help tremendously. But I love the signing whether it works out or not. It's the kind of gamble I'm happy to see the Twins make. A potentially high impact starter on a team that hasn't had more than 2 or 3 high impact starters in the last 15 or 20 years. If he works out and we can catch a break with Gibson & Meyer we could have 3 or 4 non-embarrassing starters by the end of the season.

It is crazy that he is only a month older than Kyle Gibson. That makes it hard to just write him off. Hopefully he can make it through waivers and land in Rochester. I wouldn't hold my breath on him turning it around but it's not impossible to envision him in St. Louis starting a playoff games in 2 years.

I don't think that's the case at all. Liriano & Santana, the only two aces the Twins have had in 20 years, both started in the bullpen. I would imagine most fans that post here understand that it can be a good way to bring along a young pitcher.