SoDakTwin

These drafts are the reason the Twins have been brutal. 4 out of the 6 were complete misses. Gordon is jury is still kind of out on but he certainly is no all-star caliber player. The first few years of Buxton in the bigs were brutal at the plate. Now it seems like he has it figured out but can't stay on the field. All and all just a horrendous string of picks.

All and all this isn't a terrible group of draft picks. The two that I remember that I was disappointed in were Revere and Gibson. Revere for the obvious reasons that he was a two tool player. Hit and speed. That's it. Not someone that should've been a first rounder. Gibson because If I remember right this was during the "pitch to contact" years and that's who he was. But I wanted a pitcher for the Twins that could get an out himself if needed. Whoever the twins had in the rotation at that time when he was drafted I felt like he fit the mold but I wanted to see the Twins get someone outside of the mold. It's unfortunate Hicks and Garza had better years after they left the twins. We dealt Hicks for some back up catcher. IF I remember right, in 2010 the Twins could've had Cliff Lee for their playoff push if they would have gave up hicks. Instead a year or so later we trade him for a catcher whose name is irrelevant.

Instead of those starting five go find the best 5 townball pitchers and roll with that.

I know that I am in the minority on this, but I believe we have to trade him. My sole reasoning is I with the haul we would get for him, assuming it would be good, plus the pieces we added from the last trade deadline would give us a better chance at a world series in 5 years lets say versus keeping Buxton. If we re-sign him, how long before we are contenders with him on the team? Not next year, maybe the year after at the earliest? That's a stretch with the White Sox young talented core plus the Tigers are primed to make a run soon as well. IF we were contending in the next 2-3 years I would say signing him is a must, but we are not. So I say trade him. We will have some rough years for sure but I think it sets us up better in 5 years to win a world series versus keeping him on the team. I'll head for cover as I am sure I will be roasted for this.