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My point was that in no way would I acquire him for high dollars or prospects to fill a role at the front of my rotation ala Sheets.  My thought was that we are in a pretty good spot with our front 2 and have some room to gamble on a guy in the back of the rotation.  
As to his velocity concerns.. yes, I think that his mechanics are holding him back a bit.  With what I see, the moving parts and such limits his ability to consistently use his lower body to drive towards the plate.  In essence, he's an arm thrower though by appearance he lunges somewhat.  Of course there are risks with smoothing action out too much, batters being comfortable, seeing the ball too well etc.
When we lose Lee after this year, it would be nice to have a legitimate candidate for his spot in the rotation for 2011 eliminating the need to gut the system or bankroll on someone else.  All that said, to me Lopez is too steep without another part coming back from the Twins.