Here are two players’ career stats (batting average, on base percentage, slugging percentage):

Player A:
.280/.329/.455
Player B:
.256/.303/.446

Player A is long-time Wade A favorite Jacque Jones.
Player B is Craig Monroe. The Twins just traded for him, which leads me to wonder why they’d trade for a right handed Jacque Jones. Although I’m sure he’ll look great compared to Tyner in CF.

That said, as long as this isn’t the *big* offseason acquisition, it’s not an inherently bad move, as Monroe has hit for 20+ home runs the last four or so seasons.

The other news is that increasingly I’m seeing that the two biggest free agent pitchers on the market are… drumroll please:

Carlos Silva.
and.
Kyle Lohse.

I think the Twins could probably buy Belize with what they’d get in return for trading Santana if those are the best other pitchers available. So I hope they’re at least exploring the idea.