
An outsiders Fantasy view of the Twins
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mikelink45
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17 November 2020
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the athletic fantasy baseball minnesota twins

Starting pitchers (160 ranked)
13 Kenta Maeda (between Kershaw and Nola)
27 Jose Berrios (Between Burnes and Paddock)
45 Michael Pineda (Between May and Corbin)
54 Rich Hill (Between McKenzie and Musgrove)
63 Jake Odorizzi (Between Ohtani and Bassett)
We have a starting rotation here!
Relief Pitchers (38 ranked)
11 Taylor Rogers (Between Hand and Yates)
17 Trevor May (Between Smith and Pomeranz)
37 Tyler Duffey (Between Adams and Garrett)
Rogers rating surprised me - too high, Duffey too low.
Catchers (29 rated)
11 Mitch Garver (Between Nola and McCann)
24 Ryan Jeffers (Between Murphy and Suzuki)
1B (44 ranked)
14 Miguel Sano (Between Smith and Vaughn)
Fantasy loves bombs
2B (47 ranked)
25 Luis Arraez (Between Madrigal and Alberto)
Singles don't rank as high in fantasy
SS (47 ranked)
18 Jorge Polanco (Between Villar and Rosario)
3B (53 rated)
10 Josh Donaldson (Between Moncado and Chapman)
44 Marwin Gonzales (Between Frazier and Lamb)
48 Ehire Adrianza (Between Bote and Drury)
OF (118 ranked)
23 Byron Buxton (Between Blackmon and Soler)
26 Eddie Rosario (Between Lewis and Pham)
38 Max Kepler (Between Hernandez and Myers)
96 Alex Kiriloff (Between Polanco and Larnach)
97 Trevor Larnach (Between Kiriloff and Oliva)
Where is Cave? They like our rookies, but where is Rooker? Once again Max ranks below Eddie.
DH (8 rated)
1 Nelson Cruz (ahead of J. D . Martinez)
Cruz is the highest rated at his position, Donaldson is second at number 10 among 3B, but how in the world does Garver get rated #11. I know catchers are hard to find, but still!
It is fun to see this ranking and I will look for other outsider views this off season. But my take away from this is that we have a good team with a lot of players ranked in the middle at their position, but other than Cruz and potential Donaldson we do not have the superstars that the great teams have. We have no one on a HOF track.
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"It is fun to see this ranking and I will look for other outsider views this off season. But my take away from this is that we have a good team with a lot of players ranked in the middle at their position, but other than Cruz and potential Donaldson we do not have the superstars that the great teams have. We have no one on a HOF track."
from mikelink45
First, this might be a strong argument for inserting at least one (or two) of the youth into the lineup next season.
Secondly, this can also be an argument for signing a significant FA, which would require some shifting of personnel to accommodate the budget.
Finally, do the Twins make a couple of dramatic trades in an attempt to jump past their obstacle of first round playoff losses?