The list goes on and on and on and on

To give you an idea of just how fast Matt Garza has risen through the Twins system, consider that the photo at left was taken less than 1 year ago, and Garza was pitching to dudes swinging alloy bats.
But after going 5-1, 1.42 at A-ball, 6-2, 2.41 at AA, and 3-1, 1.85 at AAA, it would seem that he's ready at least for a look.
We'll all get it tonight against the Jays (who by the way made the Twins look awful on Thursday. What was that?)
And as completely and totally ridiculous as it may seem, the Twins still have a ton of good pitching in the minors.
*You may remember lefty Dave Gassner, who pitched six strong innings to win his ML debut for the Twins against the Indians last year. After two years as Rochester's ace, Gassner, who is sort of a poor man's Jamie Moyer, has been out for all of 2006. He finally returned this week, and in his first start allowed no runs on one hit with 5 k's in 5 innings. If Boof and Baker continue to falter, he deserves a look.
*I've also been getting questions about JD Durbin, who made headlines a couple years ago for touting himself as 'The Real Deal'.
This didn't sit well with the Twins of course, but what really hurt him was a sudden lapse in control that caused him to struggle in Rochester. He appeared to hit rock-bottom in spring training this year, when, in one of the few spring games to be televised, he walked the entire world.
But he regrouped and put together an outstanding season. In 16 starts with Rochester Durbin posted a 2.33 ERA with 81 k's in 89 innings.
The bad news is that he also had 50 walks in 89 innings, and right now he's on the DL.
Durbin, like Boof Bonser, looks like he could make an excellent reliever if he doesn't cut it as a starter.
* Beau Kemp is another pitcher trying to get back in the team's good graces. A couple years ago he made headlines when he and his roommate in Double-A got in a drunken fist fight that left both pitchers injured. Kemp was the instigator in that fight, and was demoted to A-ball for it.
Now at 25, the righthander is on the fast track to becoming the latest in what seems to be an endless line of dominating Twins relievers. He's 7-2 with a 1.95 ERA in 40 games (73 innings) out of the pen. However he has just 27 K's, a definite warning sign.
*Let's not forget Scott Baker, either.
He's been pretty bad this year, but he was also great last year, posting a 3.35 ERA in 10 starts with the Twins. I'm still very confident he can be an above average ML starter.
*Moving down the ladder, it only gets better.
Kevin Slowey, a righty, went 4-2 with a 1.01 ERA in 14 starts (with 99 k's and 9 walks!!) at A-ball before being moved up to AA New Britain, where he's gone 3-3 with a 3.21 ERA. While all the aforementioned pitchers are important to the Twins plans, Slowey is next in the stud line behind Santana, Liriano and Garza.
*Go further down into the system, where Anthony Swarzak, Jay Rainville and Kyle Waldrop are among the literally dozens of other pitchers other organizations would kill for.
* To put it extremely modestly, this team knows pitching.