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They just moved Vielma up to Rochester.

I'd guess you've all seen this Cleveland tourism video: He does curse, so maybe don't listen at work, unless they're ok with that.

Where are you from (be as specific as you are comfortable): Champlin, MN What is your age (or age range, if you prefer): 32 How long have you been a Twins fan? Since I was small, minus 93-97 when I was a White Sox fan (but still kind of followed the Twins). When you're a kid, and you play 1B, are you going with Frank Thomas or Kent Hrbek/David McCarty/Scott Stahoviak. Saw the light around 99 and came back to the Twins. What have a couple of your best Twins memories been? When they won game 163 was a lot of fun, but honestly the best Twins memories are getting GA upper deck seats with buddies and hanging out at the games. Put down a lot of dollar dogs. I should be fat. Thank goodness for metabolism. Who have some of your favorite players been? Everyone around my age was a Kirby Puckett fan. I really liked Frank Thomas, and then Justin Morneau. I don't really have a favorite player at this point. I like players who are fun to watch, or make you say "oh damn!" Buxton and Sano make me do that the most often now. How long have you been reading Twins Daily (or were you following some writers before Twins Daily)? I've been coming to Twins Daily since the very beginning, but I decided to start posting more often the other day. I started logging in so I could put a couple people on ignore and not have to see their posts. If I'm logged in, I might as well post I started coming here because I read Seth's blog. I like to read about the minor league teams/players, because their isn't enough coverage on them. I can watch the games and everything I need to see about the Twins, but stories about the minor league players are something I can't find anywhere else. What brings you back to Twins Daily? How often do you stop by the site? The minor league reports get me here every morning. I read every one of those. I stop by a couple times a day to check out the forums. I read all of Seth and Parker's articles. Sometimes if one from someone else looks interesting, I'll read that, too.

I think Jay has a better shot than Gonsalves of making it up this year, just because he's a relief pitcher. Would the issue with it being later in the season be adding him to the 40 man in August or September is a waste of service time? Does that matter as much with a relief pitcher?

I thought I read that he'd be pitching somewhere in the next month or two, but I bump my head a lot. Wasn't his deal that he had Tommy John, and then while coming back from that he got mono?

It's interesting with Wiel, because it seems like he's always doing well at the plate, but then I go look at his numbers and he has a .308 OBP. If you had asked me, and not given me a chance to look at the numbers, I would have said his average was about 40 points higher than it really is.

Duffey seems like the guy that should be in that role at this point, but my question is, have there been any teams recently to switch closers without the original closer hitting a real rough patch? I don't think Kinzler can sustain this sort of thing, but I'm not sure that they'll make the switch until he blows a couple games.

http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/twins-and-former-twins-in-the-world-baseball-classic-r5343

Do they really need to come right out and say "hey, we're rebuilding"? Will people feel better about a bad team if they come right out and say it? I kind of doubt that.