Adding payroll wasn’t really an option before this happened, so I wouldn’t expect it to become an option now.

And Nathan will probably pitch again for the Twins, but his days of being effective may well be done. We’ll have to wait a while to learn that.

I am glad you point out the Twins tendencies to let a pitcher “work thru” or rehab for a month or two before moving forward with what most people know is necessary surgery. I think the Twins Dr.’s are not very astute.

Remember Joe Joe was pissed off at them last year for misdiagnosing his back problems and making him go thru surgery, when all that was necessary was medication (as they later found out).

It’s funny, I listed the same pitchers as you (before seeing your post), in an email to my brother about how the twins will move forward with this, and how their past does not bode well with these issues.

Nathan has 2 more years on his contract including this year right? If that is the case, then he may never pitch again for the Twins.

Knowing Gardy it will probably be Rauch who is the guy he uses, but I think it’s the wrong move.

If one of our young guns can’t be projected to be a closer than, at least for this year, we should look outside of the organization, which they won’t do. The current bullpen, although deep, does not have anyone who has that mentality (outside of Rauch possibly).

In other news, the sportsbook at our hotel last weekend didn’t have any over/unders for MLB wins, so I was unable to place any money on that.