Before anyone panics….

I just wanted to point out that this is the bullpen that the Twins have listed for next year
Matt Capps
Joe Nathan
Jose Mijares
Alex Burnett
Jeff Manship
Glenn Perkins
Pat Neshek
Anthony Slama
Scott Diamond
Eric Hacker

And don’t forget the Twins also have Jim Hoey and Dusty Hughes waiting on the 40 man as well. There are two good arms, Capps and Nathan. with a couple of guys that have been there for a while in Mijares, Perkins and Neshek (even if they haven’t really been reliable or healthy) and a whole lot of guys jockeying for a spot. Many people have been panicked about the state of the bullpen going into the offseason, but do you know what this looks like to me? This looks like what a bullpen usually looks like.
Make no doubt about it, we lost some arms in the offseason, but the Twins have never been made or broken by their pen. Not only that, but Bill Smith has traded for multiple relievers every year he has been in town. If the Twins need an arm, the Twins will add an arm. But that’s hardly what is going to put the Twins over the edge.
Tsuyoshi Nishioka runs really, really fast. That’s what puts us over the edge.