I think the Twins need to trade one starter and keep the rest. Best deal. For argument sake, say it is Santana. You then go into next spring with a rotation of Gibson, Duffy, Nolasco, Berrios, Milone and the young kids. This is assuming no injuries. Trading more than one seems like too much for a team in desperate need of pitching to start with. Free agents look horrible and I highly doubt more than one of the AA guys could make any waves next year. If one is in the rotation, great. The others need to be ready in the minors for injuries that will come. I don't see a year where Gibson and Nolasco are not injured. I don't think you can count on Hughes right now for any spot starting or relieving. Pitch to contact, is a made up term that makes no sense. There's nothing wrong with throwing strikes and not walking people. Control is an asset regardless of velocity. You also miss bats with deception and an ability to throw multiple pitches for strikes. Pitch to contact is an over simplified term at best. If the game were solely about K's and velocity, Trevor May would have been the Twins all-star. I'd trade one of Santana/Gibson/Nolasco, Abad, Suzuki, and Dozier or Nunez if able to get reasonable deals. I agreed Plouffe is a non tender at this point as I wonder if he even plays again this year. I like to keep Kintzler around cheap as he's the anti May, and doesn't piss down his leg in high leverage situations and I'm concerned about the back end without Perk.