"At some point it would be great to see the Twins make a commitment to their players by acquiring talent with expectations as opposed to being surprised by what comes of a decision. Martin Perez could certainly have a career year in Minnesota, and that'd be a great revelation, but banking on that is a process with many more flaws than we should be seeing right now." Your quote.

Your end statement is perfect.  Give me one of the young Twins and quit trying to find magic in the dumpster.

I fail to see anything positive about this move. I mean, aside from the "Falvine will sign anyone that's rented an apartment in Arlington" jokes.

And he provides us exactly what over Mejia?

And he provides us exactly what over Mejia?

A name that Dick and Bert will constantly mispronounce?

And he provides us exactly what over Mejia?

Nothing, and I hope Mejia will be the 5th starter instead of Perez. Hopefully when the time comes to DFA Perez, he'll clear waivers (why would anyone claim him?) and they can stash him at AAA for depth, because that's all he should be.

Moves like this are signs that management is not trying to win or contend; they're setting up to sell, again, at the deadline. I also won't be surprised to see it backfire, again. 

Performance and winning are contagious. Hitters improve when their teammates are hitting well. Good defense leads to good defense. Perhaps the only thing holding back our young players is the lack of good players next to them on the bench and in the lineup. 

At some point it will be time to go sign the high-performing free agent who will instill confidence in the younger players. I'd have thought this was the year but we're again sifting through the dumpster for players we can hope to flip for marginal gains in organizational talent. 

Waiting for the young players to lift themselves by their bootstraps and collectively form a contending team before you add talent is foolish. You've got tot prime the pump.  

And he provides us exactly what over Mejia?

I will agree with nothing but depth. Mejia pitched 85 innings last year and hasn't pitched more than 130 in a year yet. Mejia cannot be the 5th starter for the whole year. Both pitchers will start games this year. The least amount of starters that any team used last year was 8. Most teams were closer to 12.  Is Perez better than Mejia? Doubtful. Is Perez better than our 8th starter? Likely.

Last year after they signed Annibal and used a 40 man spot they moved him when they were able to sign Lance Lynn. Hopefully they still sign better than Mejia and Perez and send them to help the bullpen and wait their turn until they are needed to start.  Both will be needed.

And he provides us exactly what over Mejia?

Experience. Also, do we even known if Mejia has recovered from his nerve damage?

Baseball-reference.com projected Mejia to have a 3.87 ERA in 2019. 

Martin Perez they projected to have a 4.85 ERA.

That's moving the needle quite a lot, actually. Just in the wrong direction.

Who did we cut?