Does he have a position? I’ll bet he goes down to Roch and management tells him one thing: perfect your fielding at 2B and LF.

If he could play defense, he will stick. If not, he’ll end up in the National League, prolly Pittsburgh.

Casilla and Tolbert are the surprises of the spring. If your position on a Major League Baseball team depended on you showing up and playing inspired baseball, then you lay an egg on both offense and defense, and from both sides of the plate—it really is mystifying.

It’s one thing to go dry on offense, but both of them have been absolute disasters on defense, especially Tolbert. What are they thinking?

Their enthusiasm was endearing but not quite infectious. It is business time. I can see where you give a deserving veteran the benefit of the doubt in the spring, but Casilla has earned nothing, and sets a bad example for younger players in the system.

Unfortunately, nobody has quite stepped forward to demand the spot, with the recent exception of Luke Hughes’ bat. Certainly not Tolbert. Regardless, whether he goes north or not, barring an injury to a MI starter followed by a remarkable Casilla run, Alexi is not long for the team. Probably a moot point. Let him go north and sit on the bench and get dropped or traded for a player to be named later. No biggie. Bring up Plouffe, or Portes, or Hughes. Whatever —the 25th man.

Do any of you watch the games? Or look at the stats? Alexi should be optioned. He’s had a chance and shown that he ain’t it. Give one of the guys who are actually performing a shot.

to bring both Ramos and Butera north.

douchebag

I haven’t heard anything about the Twins carrying an extra outfielder for insurance in case an outfielder gets injured during the course of a game or Gardy wants to pinch hit Thome for Delmon in a late game situation. As far as I know, the only players on the roster that Gardy would feel comfortable playing in the outfield are Span, Cuddy, Young, and Kubel. With Kubel being primarily a DH, don’t we need an outfielder on the bench for insurance on the days that he DH’s (which will hopefully be most days since his range is very limited)? If so, would you keep Jacque Jones or someone else?

with many of the thoughts here. Casilla hasn’t played well, but he’s still the best in-house option for that 25th spot, mainly due to his defense and speed. He is probably the 2nd fasted guy on the team after Denard Span. And he might be our best base stealer, which is not unimportant for a team that figures to get Jim Thome something like 300 ab’s and a lot of PH opportunities. Most of the time that Thome pinch hits, or late in any game that he DH’s, you’re going to have to run for him. There’s no one on the 40-man who would be a better candidate for those situations than Alexi Casilla.