I think it's safe to say that Hank Blalock is in the top 20 hitters in baseball, near the bottom of that list. What really surprises me here is that the Rangers really did an AMAZING young infield with Teixeira, Soriano, Young, and Blalock and decent pop in the outfield. These guys do not make a lot of money relatively, and if you look at some of the pitchers who traded teams this offseason like Burnett and Beckett, I really think the Rangers should have tried to go for it now instead of unloading Soriano and trying to get rid of Blalock.
So yeah, it surprises me to see the Twins possibly getting Blalock.