Fun fun fun yesterday. It's silly to say that one game is a turning point, but his MO has been to struggle for awhile and then just *snap* and get it. I wish I had a more current cultural reference point than Morpheus watching Neo and saying "he's starting to believe" but I'm thirty six so you get what you pay for.

I'm curious to see what becomes of this OF/1B/DH mishmash of Sano, Buxton, Hicks, Arcia, Rosario, Mauer, Vargas, and Kepler next year. And now somebody has said they want to bring Hunter back, which, unless it's as a coach sounds like something I'd rather they pass on.

No matter what, it's hard to imagine all seven of those guys staying rostered and spending the full season with the big club. Sano's got another position if the team moves Plouffe. Hicks and Rosario probably have pretty solid trade value at the moment, but I've really gotten attached to the idea of having them in the outfield behind our pitchers who still don't strike anybody out. Arcia probably had the worst-timed disaster year ever, but I'd hope the Twins don't want to sell low on his power. He can rebuild value as a bench bat and DH type if he bounces back.

Kepler, they're justified in sending to Rochester. He's been a slow burn at every level. I'm not really sold on Vargas as an MLB hitter. The walk rate doesn't seem to ever follow him in his big league stints and I kind of think that's not going to change - like it's a reaction to a fundamental difference between AAA breaking stuff and MLB breaking stuff.

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"Walleye, a lot of things are going to go wrong in your life that technically aren't your fault. Always remember that this doesn't make you any less of an idiot"

--Walleye's Dad