I believe the Twins are 15-11 for the month of August with four to play in Oakland. I thought I would check August numbers and compare them with my general feeling about their performance of late: Name Avg. OBP SLG OPS Morneau .258 .363 .419 .782 Gomez .246 .307 .304 .611 Young .229 .283 .398 .681 Mauer .304 .400 .405 .805 Harris .283 .322 .491 .813 Kubel .312 .354 .506 .860 Casilla .200 .250 .300 .550 Punto .291 .348 .417 .765 Span .308 .381 .471 .852 Buscher .304 .328 .393 .721 Everett .270 .356 .351 .707 Ruiz .340 .392 .447 .839 What does it all say? Well, the reinforcements have been terrific. Span has easily been the Twins best outfielder since his second recall. Buscher has been a very decent LH bat and Ruiz has so far done what he is supposed to. Harris is having his best month despite diminished playing time, Punto has had a very decent month and Kubelhas been very good. The team's two All-Stars have faded this month. Morneau has been below average while Mauer has been good, not great. The two 22-year olds have been bad. Young's power has somewhat offset his dreadful .283 OBP and Gomez is a great defender and a threat on the base paths, but that doesn't really offset his offense. I read a posting somewhere questioning whether the team missed Cuddyer. That is what started me to check August numbers. They do miss Cuddy, not because of Span, but in spite of the terrific play that Span has provided. The other outfielders have been well below average overall. Cuddyer would be an improvement over either and probably would have helped to win a game or two more.