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Slama was hurt two months ago.

This post and most of the comments is nothing more than just a bunch of whining that Liriano wasn't worth more at the trading deadline. That's the best available return. Deal with it.

Can't pick up option because earliest he could be ready is mid season and even that is a longshot. It would be stupid to commit $9 million for that.

If the defense was competent in the 3d inning they win this game.

Great, thoughtful post! Looking forward to your next op-Ed piece in the Times.

Dude it's 6 weeks. Do you think he's ever had a 6 week stretch this bad in his entire career? Of all the things to complain about , the Twons supposedly ruining a 38 year old veteran is probably the dumbest one I've seen so far.

This team is the worst thing in the history of everything. All time.

Who. F-ing. Cares.

Wow. You lost me at "Mauer hasn't had a particularly positive impact on games this year." I know what you are getting at but this is silly.

1) Slowey was never a groundball pitcher 2) Slowey was great in '08, but the line drive to the wrist at the end of the season was devastating. That pin he eventually had put in his wrist made it hard to get as much movement on his breaking stuff IMO.

Saying that Guerra has no chance to pitch in the big leagues isn't "fact" or "brutal honesty," it's an ignorant opinion that may turn out to be true by virtue of dumb luck.

I know this has probably been stated before with respect to you, but you are without a doubt the worst, most annoying Twins fan I have ever come across. It is sad that a loser like you can so easily get a platform on twitter to spout your special brand of stupidity. Do you ever say/think anything constructive?

I'm sorry, I thought this post was meant to be ironic, but then I read the comments. I choose to believe this is a joke and call it a day. Makes me feel better about the future of our country when I assume it is populated by one less idiot.

Careful, the more you post the more you reveal your ignorance.

Hope they are booing Mauer since he's obviously the main problem with this team!!!

Valencia didn't swing at the first pitch. Agree that Doumit had a bad AB.

I don't blame Gardy for trying to get an extra inning from Marquis. The bullpen has been overworked already with all the short starts. Didn't work out but sooner or later a starter needs to go 7 innings or the relievers will be burnt out soon enough.

Since we are overreacting to the lack of Ks in a small sample size, the small sample size is encouraging for his ground ball rate (50%), which is what it was in '10.

Someone already posted that Joe has a .955 OPS in his career with RISP. HOW MUCH BETTER DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO HIT IN RBI OPPORTUNITIES??? Screw facts when you have unsupported bias, right?

Well if you can think of several examples where a hitter failed in the clutch, then by all means! Case closed!!!

Are you really this stupid? (nodding to self; apparently yes). Mauer isone of the best clutch hitters in the game, and the fact that he hasn't had big RBI numbers has everything to do with opportunity.

Look up his average with RISP before you start mouthing off.

He had a cy young level season with who as the pitching coach? You are the one being simple if you think firing the entire coaching staff is the solution to every problem. Lirianos a mess, ever stop to think that's Lirianos fault?

So the pitching coach who preaches throw strikes above all else is to blame when a starter can't throw strikes? WTF?

You consider trading Span because he's one of the only guys on the team with trade value (age, production, contract situation) and because the Twins have so many young outfielders coming through the system (outside of just Revere). Trading from a position of strength. No reason to trade him unless you get a really good offer.