The Current Roster and Splitting Games

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If Trevor Plouffe is a Minnesota Twin in April, I'm really interested to see how creative Paul Molitor can be.  Is he more Ron Gardenhire or Joe Maddon?  

 

Below are lists showing potential Twins starts by position and total season starts (ignoring injuries since they will happen, but are impossible to predict).  Could this work?   Would Molitor try to make it work?

 

These lists make a bunch of HUGE assumptions, but here are some of the biggest:

     *Sano can play palatable OF defense (better than Kyle Schwarber)

     *Park can hit major league pitching (over .250 with power)

     *Buxton is ready to hit major league pitching from game 1

     *Arcia and Santana are better than last year, but probably not as good as they were in 2014

 

Catcher--Suzuki 81, Murphy 81

First Base--Mauer 120, Park 42

Second Base--Dozier 150, Santana 12

Shortstop--Escobar 130, Nunez 16, Santana 16

Third Base--Plouffe 130, Sano 32

Left Field--Rosario 140, Arcia 20, Nunez 2

Center Field--Buxton 140, Santana 22

Right Field--Sano 100, Arcia 50, Santana 12

Designated Hitter--Park 100, Mauer 20, Sano 20, Plouffe 10, Arcia 10, Dozier 2

 

Total Games Started

Sano 152

Dozier 152

Plouffe 142

Park 142

Mauer 140

Buxton 140

Rosario 140

Escobar 130

Suzuki 81

Murphy 81

Arcia 80

Santana 62

Nunez 18