Nick Blackburn.....sit down!!

Twins dump Nick Blackburn and his 6.53 ERA from rotation
Aaron Gleeman Jul. 21, 2010, 12:43 PM ET

After another poor start Sunday raised his ERA to an MLB-worst 6.53 the Twins have decided to bump Nick Blackburn from the rotation and replace him with Brian Duensing.

Blackburn's situation is made more complicated by the fact that the Twins misguidedly signed him to a four-year, $14 million contract this offseason instead of simply going year-to-year with a player they controlled through 2013 anyway.

Blackburn's incredibly low strikeout rate and mediocre ground-ball percentage always made him a poor long-term investment, but that ship has obviously sailed and now the Twins are locked into paying him $13.25 million over the next three seasons.

Duensing has posted a 1.67 ERA in 43 innings as a reliever this season and pitched very well in nine starts down the stretch last season, but his secondary numbers and minor-league track record suggest his upside is fairly limited. With that said, it won't take much for Duensing to provide a huge upgrade over Blackburn, who has allowed a .337 batting average and .561 slugging percentage overall this season and is 1-6 with a 9.88 ERA since June 1.

Source; Hardball Talk

Thank GAWD.

and he proved a few days ago that he can't pitch out of the bullpen either..there's no reason he should be on this team right now.

Your name is FTW.

FEAR THE 'STACHE!!!!