The Twins aren't having a good year. But at least they'll draft high and get a great prospect, right? RIGHT?

SB Nation is taking a big step forward in the near future. Here's just a small sample.

And can this help set our expectations for the off-season?

Interim Twins GM Terry Ryan says the free agent market for starting pitchers is thin. It's not THAT thin. All that and more starting pitcher talk in this morning's entry.

In: Chris Parmelee (again). Out: Jeff Gray.

The Twins have placed future Hall of Famer Joe Mauer on revocable waivers. Almost every team does this to every player, every August...but this is still kind of a big deal.

Matt Capps on the mend? Sounds like it.

Ben Revere has stolen at least 30 bases for the second year in a row, the first Twin to reach that mark since Chuck Knoblauch.

Joe Mauer, it turns out, has actually caught a lot of games for the Twins. Enough to be the franchise leader in the history of the organization, as a matter of fact.

The Twins had a lot of success last winter, but a lot of it has flown under the radar. Let's take a closer look at that right now.