Make that 30 names, I entered Pedro Hernandez twice and no one called me on it...

But wait, I thought we only kept, played and promoted ML castoffs and AAAA fodder?

But seriously, this list goes a long way to show that the Twins are indeed moving forward. But it takes time. You can't simply say: "this young man is talented...PROMOTE HIM." There's just way more to it than that.

There was a comment recently that the Twins rebuilding efforts really began with the trades for May and Meyer. And I think there is real merit to that thought. To me, stage two encompassed the Nolasco and Hughes signings, the keeping of Gibson, despite having options available, and the jettisoning of Worley and Diamond. That one move told me the Twins weren't going to just stand pat.

The Twins are getting better by both addition, and as this posts shows, subtraction.

The guys the Twins are calling up from AAA this season are a lot better than DeVries, Hernandez and Walters.

There was a time there two years ago and beyond where we just kept replacing lousy players with different lousy players, and let's hope we don't go there again for a dozen years or so. I think that's how Ryan is trying to execute the strategy: building a system that can sustain a certain level of quality because it has its own well (the farm system) from which to draw.

Don't forget about Justin Morneau and Duke Welker!