Jacque Jones has declined arbitration. His agent says he has multiyear offers, and the Twins can't match that. I know he never once put his on the ball when swinging, but I'm going to miss the guy.

One thing about Jacque--besides his smile, which melts Batgirl's heart-- is he had a marvelous tendency to be the guy to hit the ninth inning homerun (or, in the case of the Garcia v. Santana epic Battle of Pitching Hotness, eighth inning dingers. ) There are probably three or four games we owe to a timely Jacque dinger (someone can, and I'm sure will, come up with the right number on this).

Batgirl's been preparing to lose Jacque for two years now--she just hopes the Twins have. Last year we didn't do anything to make up for the loss of Corey's bat, now we're down two of our RBI leaders. Perhaps we can sign some plucky light-hitting utility infielder prospect to make up for it? Because we need more of those.

Jacque rescues Batgirl from her hole.