http://twinsdaily.com/entry.php?774-5-reasons-why-Luke-Hughes-got-a-rotten-deal-by-the-Twins

Thanks for the read righty!
I hope Luke finds a home and kicks our butts when we face him, same with all the other Twins who were not good enough to be in Gardenhire's Brown Nose Castle.

Right on lilly. Too many times have serviceable player(or better than servicable, see Ortiz) have been given the boot by the FO and Gardy because of their supposed non-conformity or other absurd reason. Sure, Luke would light it up in ST and then come out flat in the regular season but I feel with more playing time he would have shined for us in a way that Alexi Casilla can not. I like the comparison to Dan Uggla in that article. I remember I was clamoring for us to sign Uggla after he left Florida.

Well anyways, best of luck to Luke wherever he ends up and just maybe he can sneak through waivers and remain with us, even though I get the feeling that he would just rather go somewhere else now.

My biggest question would be...What makes Sean Burroughs more valuable to this team than Hughes? Hughes can play more positions(and do it adequitely I might add) and is an overall better hitter. Power for sure, contact probably the same. Twins should have let Burroughs go. If not him then Jeff Gray. 13 pitchers is too many anyways.

Well i think the concern was with a couple injuries that werent DL worthy in the staff of being shorthanded for a couple days.. so they had to pick the guy to send down

Well.

1. Plouffe isn't anything special at all
2. burroughs barely plays and hasn't done much so far (defensive upgrade over)
3. hughes can play every infield position really, maybe not SS, had a good spring and is pop off the bench

So yeah they picked the worst option to send out

We're talking bench players who barring an injury will always be bench players. Twins probably felt Luke had the best chance to clear waivers......there's not a compelling case for any of them. This is why the Twins picked up Clete Thomas, gives them a small upgrade to the major league team and they move a bench player to AAA. My guess is Fluffy is next on the hot seat especially if the Twins decide not to wait till June to give Dozier a try.

Well if that's the logic, if i'm not mistaken, Sean burroughs is on a minor league deal and we wouldnt have even had to subject him to waivers. IT would have been easy for the twins to say "Hey sean, we need a roster spot for a pitcher, you'll be back in 10 days (minimum for a option), when we only need 12 again. Luke hughes is the one who is almost CERTAIN to be picked up. true though he is a bench option but he's an ideal bench option, can play anywhere, does not have to play every day, isnt a young prospect, and can hit for power. Big mistake letting him go.

+1

There is no following that logic.

I think Burroughs is out of options as well, so he would have to clear waivers anyway, because the minor league contract is voided once he was put on the 40 man roster I believe, could be mistaken though.

ahh now we know ;-)

form LaVelle:

As anticipated, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire is trying to determine who can be an emergency catcher now that Luke Hughes has been DFA'd. I think there's a chance that, when the Twins go back to 12 pitchers, they might call a catcher up. Drew Butera is leading the catchers at Class AAA Rochester with a .250 average. He's also made one start in the outfield.

I think Luke is probably better with the glove than Dan Uggla as for power I kind of want to call them even.

Sean's minor league deal was over as soon as he was on the team heading north. We got Dozier at AAA that can handle it if Casilla or Carroll gets hurt.......Burroughs is the only viable option if Valencia goes down.

For the love of God, why this Gardenhire obsession with playing everyone out of position? Butera in the outfield? Really??

Gardy is running out of ways to put new lineups out there. What has it been 11, 12 different lineups in 13 games?

Needs to have Butera up so he can keep mixing and matching and moving people around...

It's like Gardy doesn't think we've got a good enough team.

We don't have a good team, but position players/offense isn't the problem...it's the pitching.

Without letting a starting lineup play together for a good amount of time, how is he supposed to know what he could have? The offense and defense would likely be even better if Gardy ever settled on his starters...which he never does unless injuries force him to do....like end of 2009 and a good chunk of the 2nd half of 2010.

Tinkering every single game is counter-productive and believing the team isn't that good certainly shouldn't mean you play your substitutes MORE...should mean you play your best players as much as possible and your subs way less...in order to field your best team.

He putzes with the starting lineup like he does with the pitchers. And he hasn't got a clue with the pitchers.

I don't see any comments about it, but Luke Hughes has been picked up by the athletics. Farewell to our one middle infield power option.

Another striving player that gets away, and will shine for another team

What ticks me off most about the Hughes decision is the alternative-keeping that piece of horse manure, Casilla. Zero RBI on the season and a BA that is simply unacceptable. Brain fart fielding nearly every game. What do the Twins see in this idiot? He is the position equivalent of Liriano; a complete idiot!