Twins Sign Matt Guerrier to Minor League Deal

[jokin]

Does not apply to Villarreal. They are rather different actually. Villarreal was DFA'd and goes to whichever team claims him along with a corresponding add to the 40-man roster. If he goes unclaimed, the Sox will stash him in the minors.

 

Which is precisely what the Twins should do, once they win the claim.

[big dog]

Besides pooh-poohing the notion that Guerrier (or Bartlett, for that matter) have any chance of making the Twins opening day roster yesterday evening, Patrick Reusse had this to say about Kubel in his most recent Strib blog, I tend to agree:

 

 

 

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/243120681.html

 

Patrick Reusse is the antithesis of Thumper Rabbit in "Bambi", who was told not to say anything at all if he couldn't say anything nice. In Reusse's case, if you can't say anything nice, you're ready to write your column. He has some credibility as a long-time observer, but the fact that he's negative about something means the sun came up. He's like the eternal Wall Street pessimists who have correctly called 23 of the last 4 recessions.