Carlos Quentin Among Six Twins Roster Cuts

So it appears the position player roster is complete. Trim four pitchers.

Congratulations to Mr. Buxton, then.

In many ways this is what was expected, but if Gardy was still around we would have had one of the veteran outfielders on the bench.  Good to see some leadership!  

The pitching has been the big mystery and still remains so.  More stories to examine ahead!

Hopefully they honor their word and let him walk if he wants to. "Room for you going forward" could mean a number of things. Im hoping one of them isn't "stuck in Rochester until your opt-out because we might have an injury."

You would hope that they had that conversion before putting the transaction through, anyway. But, you never know with this front office. A few players (some still on the team) have had their share of grievances over the years.

I think we may see Quentin with the Twins later this season... all it will take is one injury to an outfielder or Arcia and he'll probably be the guy. It only depends if that happens before June 1st.

By the time Gardy was let go, it was time. That said, Gardy didn't (always) get what he wanted. He was quoted numerous times about his wish to have certain players stay on the roster who were shipped out. I don't know how much influence a manager has in this era, but there is no doubt that the GM makes the final call. The field roster could have been announced in January. Any doubts about Buxtons position were erased when they put Sano in RF. The only mini surprise was that we did not have the annual " reunion tour" with Benson or Mastro being this years guest. But the option issue on Santana and Arcia likely settled that. I am pretty sure the rotation will turn out the same way. One guy is a big buck vet, who has to avoid pitching himself off the rotation, the other guy is a rookie, with options, who has to pitch himself on. Spending too much time analyzing performances can sometimes be fruitless. Some time has to be spent viewing the history of the guy making the decisions, his past is your prologue!

Keeping Quentin for a time allows them to see if Park is ready.

Molly: "Carlos, we will be sending you to Rochester. But the moment Arcia does not sprint out of the box, looks lost in the outfield, or flips his bat you will be back up."

Carlos: "So I'm in the opening day lineup, skip?"

Yup - no surprises here.  The Twins need to give Arcia and D. Santana every chance possible to see if they can stick in the Big Leagues. 

That 40-man roster is just SOOOOO tight. And it will probably be Tonkin because players without options tend top be given a longer leash than those without (like O'Rourke, for example).

Let the season begin.

My guess is Quentin's agent is making calls and trying to find someone who will pay the Twins a little cash for his contract.

All it takes is one injury and it doesn't necessarily have to be a Twins injury.

Thankful the Quentin experiment is over. Now they can quit wasting at bats on him. He is a total joke anywhere in the field now. Maybe he can get a job starting fights and breaking arms somewhere. Mastroianni must wonder what he has to do to get a job (not that any of the hopefuls really had a shot at making the roster, anyway). Tonkin needs to get a job in Korea or Japan, because he cannot play above AAA ball here. O'Rourke? Too bad not everyone bats left handed for him. The future and the present is the youth. Let's get on with it and stop this tired old vet waiting room gambit. Looking back at some opening day rosters in the last years, it is truly amazing. Why just last year... Jordan Schafer started the year in center field! And for real horror....... check out the 2013 starting rotation!
http://www.twinkietown.com/2015/4/3/8339303/2015-twins-opening-day-roster

It's the right decision. I hope Quentin accepts the assignment. There will be a spot by May 1st. There always is.

If Mastro really is wondering what he has to o to get a job, he might check his career offensive stats at BBRef.

Agreed.... and obviously..... but I was referring to the "opportunity", or in reality, "non-opportunity" that spring training actually provides for many. Mastroianni surely did well - .407/.484/.481 with a .965 OPS - compared to others that got jobs, that is what I refer to.  There was really no job for him to ever be competing for. If Spring Training is for new starts, and from this day forward, none of the past stats matter anyway, right? It is what one can do now and from this day forward. Except that is never really true even though that is the pitch.

Murphy/Hicks/Centeno is another example. Murphy has to make the team, whether he earned it or not, just because Aaron Hicks was traded for him. Spring has not been kind to the three namer.