Honestly, none of these moves are that bad. It's just unfortunate that Schafer has to be our starter - we don't have any other options. Hicks and Rosario need time in the minors before we see them again. Shane Robinson has hit pretty well in ST, so I guess he earned a spot... though I don't expect him to be on the roster for very long.

The Twins should be closely monitoring the waiver wire. We could use a few upgrades.

They entered spring training with 22 pitchers on the 40-man. This reflects a real lack in confidence in any of several players to be a lock to make the 25-man - or conversely a lack of scouting/evaluation decisiveness on guys like the ones you named who appear to be on a bubble. I wouldn't want to completely DFA any of the ones you named, but then I didn't like the 22-man approach in the first place. The recent trend has been to clutter the 40-man with players just good enough that you'll lose them if you DFA them but not good enough to trade for anything of value, even 2-for-1. I keep hoping/expecting a trade to free up the needed space nevertheless.

Honestly, none of these moves are that bad. It's just unfortunate that Schafer has to be our starter - we don't have any other options. Hicks and Rosario need time in the minors before we see them again. Shane Robinson has hit pretty well in ST, so I guess he earned a spot... though I don't expect him to be on the roster for very long.

 

The Twins should be closely monitoring the waiver wire. We could use a few upgrades.

I keep hoping/expecting a trade to free up the needed space nevertheless.

Me too.  On the hoping part. (Not hopping) But Ryan does not trade young(er) minor leaguers and that it what should be happening right now...

sigh.... I though spring was for hope

If you had hope it the beginning of Spring Training, it's time for a reality check. This team is not going to be good for the 5th straight year.

However, I think the second half is going to be much, much better than the first half of the season.

Has everyone pretty much changed their minds on Milone for Fuld?  It seems like the response last summer was 95% positive with Ryan being praised from all angles.  Now, it appears Fuld would be our starting center fielder.  

Just think, we could have had Fuld AND Trevor May to start the season.  Oh boy!

I actually saw a lot I liked toward the end of last season.  And it's not like we don't have suitable options for many of our glaring holes, or lack of trade bait for that matter.  If CF is a, well, the other CF, then we could in a pinch go back to Santana, or call up Hicks or Rosario.  If corner D is a problem, we can DH Hunter or Arcia and call upon a Rosario or throw Escobar out there since we'll be chucking him out there anyway...  If Pelfrey's terrible or Boyer comes down to earth, or Stauffer retires to sell pot pies, Meyer, May, or Hamburger seem plenty capable to work their way into the league from the pen.

Released Koch and T. Jones? Why? 

I expect T Jones will get a chance somewhere else, only because of his velocity. Koch is probably org filler and with all the

catchers the Twins have signed the last couple of years, no longer needed.