I read this as him making the case for Phil Hughes, twins need a big return and Hughes gives them the best chance of acheiving that.

Yep, I think David didn't read to the end of the article.

"With that said, if the Twins view the secondary players (Lowrie, Masterson, Cabrera) in the various proposals as being somewhat close to equal, they'd be smart to go after the one player who clearly gives them the best chance to come away from the Santana deal with a superstar. In other words, Phil Hughes."

Actually, I did read to the end of the article. Gleeman made a good case for Ellsbury over Hughes. He wouldn't go that way, but it's still a good case.

David, I enjoy reading your blog, but I have to disagree with your assessment of the article. Gleeman's article clearly states that the twins would be smart to go for Hughes. What part of that statement makes you think that he's making a case of Ellsbury over Hughes? You're misleading the readers with your headline.

Okay, I get it.
You're right, it is a good case. Gleeman is saying that *if* the Twins count the secondary prospect packages equally, and *if* they place a premium on a potential superstar as opposed to a surer bet with a lower ceiling, *then* they should go for Hughes. But you might think the secondary packages aren't equal and that the surer prospect is more valuable to an organization like Minnesota than the riskier, higher-ceiling guy. That's fair enough.

What happened to Hughes that all of the sudden he is no longer the poster boy of pitching prospects? He looked excellent while healthy in 2007, and its not as if he was consistently hurt.

It says that the Hughes package is much better than the one for Elsbury, which it def is. Its either getting someone who has the potential to be an ace starter or someone who has the potential to be a decent cf with no power.

Not sure how someone can read the very last sentence of that article and misinterpret the writer's agenda.

>> He looked excellent while healthy in 2007, and its not as if he was consistently hurt. >>

He had *one* leg injury that kept him out several months. The game in which he was hurt he had a no-no going through 6+ IP — if things had worked out, IMO the Twins would have been happy to take just Hughes & Cabrera.