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oh.my.god

This is absolutely infuriating.

While the useless likes of Chris Heintz, Carmen Cali, and Jason Miller waste spots on the Twins' 40-man roster, Terry Ryan let another legitimate prospect walk to another organization for free yesterday.

During the offseason, it was Alex Romero, a versatile outfielder who struggled in AAA at 22, was demoted to AA, and did very well for 50 games.  The Twins didn't much care for his future, and who can blame them with such treasure to protect as the immortal Chris Heintz?  All Romero's done in Tucson is bat .330 and OPS .820 with a boatload of doubles, earning him an AAA all-star appearance.

Now it's Alex Smit, a projectable Dutchman they signed at 16 for $800,000.  He's a lefty with sparkling career numbers and projection that makes scouts drool.  And he's been claimed off waivers by Cincinnati after being outrighted from the Twins' 40-man.

These are two prospects that John has rated a B-.  They're not organization filler...these are guys who have real value that can be measured in integer multiples of Chris Heintz.  Romero has position versatility and enough speed and power to be a championship level fourth outfielder, and the sky is the limit for Smit, whose control seemed to break out in a big way last year.

But thank god.  We've still got a 32-year-old no-stick no-defense catcher and two relievers who can't strike an AAA batter every other inning.

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