>*big sigh*
>
>ortiz
>cuddy
>hunter
>gomez
>hardy
>crain
>nathan
>balfour
>
>at least we didn't draft all eight. that would be more
>disheartening.

So what've we got acquisition-wise:

-Ortiz acquired in trade but at a pretty low minorleague level. For Dave Hollins, I believe.
-Cuddy was a first round draft pick, ditto Hunter
-Gomez, ugh, the Santana trade
-Hardy for Gomez, I feel like they cancel out here then... sorta
-Crain, early round draft pick. I want to say second.
-Nathan, the Pierzynski trade
-Balfour was an Int'l free agent from Australia

I'm pretty ambivalent about the meaning of their post-Twins success for Twins fans. Several of them are making a ton of money and wouldn't have been smart choices to retain. But the general sweep of this is that it makes us look like baseball's grown-up farm system. I'm more fine with that then I'd expect when the Twins are winning, but in another 95+ loss season, big ugh.