Thank you for the thoughtful article. My question is: Assuming, for arguments' sake, they bring him up and do something with Sano, where would he play? Where would he bat? Would he take at bats away from Escobar? Polanco?

As a trickledown I would imagine it takes at-bats from Polanco, Rosario and Buxton mostly. 

Oh, didn't address where he'd hit. He'd probably play more left field than anything, and would probably hit eighth or ninth. 

How about a CF swap with Rochester for a month? NBC can film it as a summer replacement series.

Appreciate the idea. It's sound. Personally, I'm not convinced Granite can't be a full time starter, AVG/OB/SB leadoff guy with good defense. He understands and embraces his role. Further, he's showing continued improvement which is always a good sign.

And he probably deserves to be up. (So does Garver probably). But it's not just that simple as he then takes AB from others, or sits too much. Would Vargas really deserve to be send down again? He's been slumping a bit lately, but guys do sometimes. And then they work out of it. And if I'm not mistaken, his AVG against LHP has actually come up a bit lately. And he recently hit his first RH homerun. More opportunity as of late? Things just equalizing? Hard to say. But while a fan of Granite, I'm still not certain it's time yet.

I would like to see Granite in the cf/lf mix with Rosario and Buxton. I get your reasoning for that to be at Kennys's expense. It's a compelling article. I'm undecided on the topic. Granite seems like he could help us in more ways while Vargas is a bit redundant with this roster. So, I reluctantly(because I like Vargas) lean towards your opinion.

We're lucky there hasn't been a major injury to a starter yet. That time will likely come.

It does seem that Vargas would have to be the one sent down, unless they drop a pitcher...which is unlikely with this bullpen. Maybe there will be a 2-for-1 trade around the break to solve the roster crunch.

With Granite's stats, he certainly deserves a call up, but OF is one area we are pretty much set--for now and the future. Would love to see him leading off for the Twins, but at whose expense? Having a minor injury to one of the OFs requiring a 10-day DL stint would not be a bad thing for the Twins right now. Even if it's Buxton, he may benefit from a 3-5 day rehab in AAA. Other than a trade, I just don't see where Granite would fit right now or who would have to be demoted. Remember we have Adrianza ready to come off the DL so someone already needs to go down. I wish we had a SP at AAA who deserved a call up as much as Granite.

He's not really the kind of guy you have to make room for, as the article states. He's a complimentary piece. 

I agree that Belisle should be DFA'ed.  We need to find out this year which relievers can get the job done and which relievers need to go.  You do not want to have inexperienced relief pitching in critical roles when this team figures to compete(starting next year).  This year has been fun, let's get some value out of it. 

Four outfielders who are all defensively talented would be nice.  Put Grossman at 1B/DH.  I am afraid that Vargas just has not done enough to hold his roster position and the pitching staff continues to grow so we cannot just add another bench player.