Orlando Cabrera: A Finger In a Collapsing Dam

Some problems are too big for one man to solve. Some men are too small to solve a big problem. For Minnesota Twins fans, it is clear that there is a problem with their baseball team, and it's a big one. Not the kind of problem a miniature fire extinguisher could put out, mind you, but a flame that requires multiple water hoses. Orlando Cabrera is a miniature fire extinguisher. Helpful? In a small sense, but not on a large scale. Aaron Gleeman put it best in his most recent blog entry: "Trading for two months of a thoroughly mediocre Cabrera and sticking his measly .322 career on-base percentage in front of Mauer and Morneau is like handing someone trapped in the desert one glass of water and then walking away. Better than nothing? Absolutely. Doing something that you can point to as improving the situation? Sure. But in the grand scheme of things, useless. One glass of water won't get anyone out of a desert and one mediocre shortstop won't get the Twins ... well, an...