Oswaldo Arcia

You remember that the Twins called Oswaldo up when Wilkin Ramirez was away for one game for daddy-time?

Well, one game not played later, the Twins are calling him back up because Darin Mastroianni is going to the DL with his injured ankle.

Here's the deal for me. Darin doesn't play much anyway and his ankle was sore before they sent Oswaldo down. In effect, he's just a utility outfielder. Why did the Twins just not put him on the DL right away and leave Oswaldo up here in the first place? We're not talking Joe Mauer here, we're talking about a back-up, rarely used outfielder. So what if he has to sit out an extra week or so to give his ankle time to heal? I hate to say it, but he's an interchangeable cog in the roster.

I'm sure Oswaldo doen't care either way since he's back in the show, but he only needed ONE plane trip in three days, not three. It's just another example of the Twins training staff NOT diagnosing injuries very well.  You can tell when an organization isn't managed well by little things like this. And all of those little things translate to losing ball club.

I'm glad that Worley didn't pitch last night with the rainout. The sad thing is that he's now pitching Friday. Maybe we can just skip his turn in the rotation and give him a few days rest? We can only hope.