What would frustrate the hell out of me is that I'm convinced most of the time he knows his arguments are bullshit. He might believe that Delmon is better than Gomez, but he knows that he's created a bullshit argument to that effect. (Replete with strawmen of various shapes and sizes.) At the time, it was always Luis Rivas. I thought that people were too hard on Rivas in general--not because Rivas was great, but because he was taking up essentially zero payroll. Rivas wasn't good, but he wasn't the problem, either. But DW was constantly talking about how Rivas was going to go on to have a great career, blah, blah, blah.

At any rate, I've decided that it's not worth engaging in any kind of discourse with someone whose stated intention is simply to disagree with you.

Right off the bat I have a problem -- sure, SBG is an internet guy and reaches for the hyperbole a bit more often than would be warranted by a more sober analyst, but to describe a season where Young served as the primary Twins left-fielder and helped the club to force a 163rd game to determine the outcome of the AL Central division title as a 'debacle' is a bit beyond the pale.

Let David know how you feel. But, be nice.

I wonder about the opportunity cost of trading Garza for the wrong guy. The Twins can't afford bad exchange rates on their valuable chips, especially cheap ones under team control. Would the Reds have taken him for Hamilton? Does adding Garza back in the young pitchers mix makes a JJ Hardy trade with the Brewers more likely?