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Agreed on that.  His moonlighting as a batting practice pitcher last year can't be ignored with any degree of legitimacy.  His performance has to improve dramatically for him to be even an average pitcher.  My only point was that he has the tools to succeed when he's right and we could afford to gamble on a guy like that with our top 2 being so effective.  I wouldn't pay heavy for him, nor would I listen to the Twins tell me he's back, cause if that's all I was acting on, why would they trade him?
As to my interaction above: I have to admit to dropping an 'easter egg' into the discussion regarding hand position to see where we were at.  It's been my experience that pitching coaches may know some of the advanced terminology but certainly don't use it while teaching.  The little trick that I mentioned was passed on to me while watching a kid throw years ago and it was noticed that his throwing arm was dragging through the zone.  In short, it can be (one of several) fixes to an "inverted W".  Probably not necessary.