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Such a #hotsportstake that the editor had to make sure to get the first comment to raise his finger and say "before you say anything, let me just say..." But at the same time, I'm not even sure what the post is trying to say. Are the players too soft or is Gardy too hard?

Is it just me or is Morales a more-developed version of the player that Arcia is? At the end of the day, they are both in the majors because they are power hitters who hit for a pretty good average. They don't walk much and they don't play stunning defense. But Morales has turned into a decent veteran player. Maybe Arcia has a higher ceiling, but we can't know that yet.

That's about all Hicks did in 2013...

Yikes.

Antony's comments make me wonder something, and I'd be interested in hearing what other people know about it. How advanced is the Twins FO in terms of research? I know they're not the Athletics or Rays, but do they have much in terms of advanced analytics? Or are they still all about the hustle and grit that Gardy always talks about?

Apparently they never want to stop paying for their mistakes.

I hope management understands the idea of a sunk cost. They shouldn't change their behavior because of past decisions they can't take back. Just because he's making $5.5m this year can't justify running him out there every five days. Pelfrey hasn't shown that he's good enough to continue pitching with the major league club. He's striking out the fewest batters of any Twin (8.2%) and walked the most (15.3%). On the other hand, last year's only decent pitcher is playing mop-up man in the bullpen and there are a quartet of pitchers at AAA who could make a difference right now. Heck, so far this year the Twins might be better off with a rotation of Gibson, Deduno, May, Meyer, and Johnson/Darnell.