Casilla or Tolbert: That's an Easy One

Alexi Casilla has been sent down to AAA. After nearly five weeks of subpar defense, horrible at bats, and a .167 average in 24 games, he is finally off of the major league roster...but for how long? He was not sent down because of his performance. He was sent down because of his complete lack of hustle. He was lazy fielding a ground ball and made a big error (You're welcome Nick Blackburn) and he didn't hustle down to first on a groundout, and carrying his bat the entire way. The Twins system consistently plays average players hoping they will improve, so he will get another chance soon enough to prove himself. I am sick of seeing the Twins stick with a player after giving him multiple chances to prove himself. He only hit .281 last year with a .333 OBP. Those are not good enough numbers to give him a free pass to play. Casilla needs to prove himself fast if he wants to stay in this organization. This is a business and the Twins have no time to waste playing someone who gets one hit every series.

Matt Tolbert may not be the long-term answer for the Twins, but he is a great option, especially if he hits like he did last year (.283 in 41 games). Look for a platoon between Tolbert and Harris to start, hopefully with Tolbert getting the majority of the playing time if he hits well. It's too bad he got hurt last year, then we wouldn't have had such a fiasco at 2B.

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He was 0-3 in game one, but it was rain-shortened and it's hard to get into a groove when there are 4 hours of a rain delay. He was 7-12 in his last three games at AAA so hopefully he can bring some of that to the Twins clubhouse and give it to Crede and Gomez as well.

-Cheeto