All I remember in most cases were "rumors" bandied about by the "access" journalists. And then one time the camera caught Slowey yawning in the bullpen and Blyleven lit into him with no class whatsoever.

That carried on for several days, including his KFAN appearance.

200 at bats do not make Span expendable.

From Jim Bowden's latest piece in discussion about the Nats potentially trading Alex Meyer:

 

Because he signed just before the old Aug. 15 signing deadline, Meyer can't officially be traded until after Aug. 15 this year; however, the Nats could make Meyer available as a player to be named later in a deal at the deadline if they can acquire a center fielder such as the Minnesota Twins’ Denard Span or Ben Revere...

That would be something the Twins would consider. Meyer could move through the system pretty quickly and would instantly become the Twins #1 starting pitcher in the minors.

That would be something the Twins would consider. Meyer could move through the system pretty quickly and would instantly become the Twins #1 starting pitcher in the minors.

There's nothing about Meyer that's should or will more quickly, he's pretty raw for a guy coming outta college. He still struggles with his command, the Nats were smart to send him to low-A to start his career.

From Jim Bowden's latest piece in discussion about the Nats potentially trading Alex Meyer:

 

Definitely something I could get behind.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/washington-nationals-prospect-alex-meyer-makes-most-of-futures-game-appearance/2012/07/08/gJQAqsfHXW_story.html?wprss=rss_homepage

 

Alex Meyer article regarding the Future's Game.

The good thing about average players is that half the teams view them as an upgrade.

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AL Split

BA

OBP

SLG

OPS

GPA

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CS

as CF

.272

.335

.434

.769

.259

11.4

3.8

Batting 1st

.265

.329

.398

.727

.248

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4.1

Span

.270

.334

.375

.709

.244

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I like Span and I go back and forth on whether we should trade him.

 

1. Trade him - Blow this thing up. Whoever has value, trade 'em. Load up the farm with an eye for 2014/5

2. Don't trade him - I really like 1/2/3/4 right now with Span/Revere/Mauer/Willingham. I look at that and think, "nothing to fix there." There aren't a lot of places on this Twins team where I feel like we don't need to change anything to be a playoff team. Our 1-4 could be the 1-4 of a playoff team (Actually, if you replaced Morneau with either a slightly above league average 1B, or 75% of what he used to be, I would be happy with our 1-7)

3. Trade him - His value is high right now, in spite of his numbers being somewhat down. We've got a guy, in Revere, that can slide right into CF and the leadoff spot. Shop him. Get what you can.

4. Don't trade him - He's a good CF and he's signed for a reasonable price for the next 3 years (probably why other teams want him)

5. Trade him - Every decent offensive prospect in the organization is either currently in the OF, or looks like they might be headed there. We need to balance things out.

 

Right now #2 is leading, in my head, so I say don't trade him.

 

Tomorrow might be a different story.

In the end, it's a decent spot for the Twins to be in. There are plenty of reasons to keep Span around, but if someone really wants him and is willing to give us good prospects, he's also fairly expendable.