Big Papi on the "Sano Experiment"

[spinowner]

 

This is a sports team.

You treat your most important asset in the way you believe ends up winning you the most games.

During the course of many seasons, not necessarily only during the current season.

[Platoon]

This is from a Bernadino discussion with E. Santana after today's game. They were discussing Sano's adventure in RF. There is no indication of whether the part about "even catching a fly ball" was a slip, or a dis, but I found it interesting nonetheless.

"Asked if it will be easier to accept mistakes by Sano in the field than by someone playing their natural position, Santana said he wasn’t sure. “I don’t know. I think it would be the same,” Santana said. “I know he doesn’t have the experience for that and he’s just learning. It’s tough to make an adjustment that quick when you don’t know how to even catch a fly ball in the outfield.”

[TheLeviathan]

when you don’t know how to even catch a fly ball in the outfield.”

 

 

Bah!  What could go wrong in that case?

[HitInAPinch]

 

This is from a Bernadino discussion with E. Santana after today's game. They were discussing Sano's adventure in RF. There is no indication of whether the part about "even catching a fly ball" was a slip, or a dis, but I found it interesting nonetheless.
"Asked if it will be easier to accept mistakes by Sano in the field than by someone playing their natural position, Santana said he wasn’t sure. “I don’t know. I think it would be the same,” Santana said. “I know he doesn’t have the experience for that and he’s just learning. It’s tough to make an adjustment that quick when you don’t know how to even catch a fly ball in the outfield.”

 

Lame and leading question.  If it's the same play I saw, the ball appeared to be slicing away from Sano.

[USAFChief]

During the course of many seasons, not necessarily only during the current season.

Concur, but I think you give way more weight to now than the future, because the future is tough to predict, at least for baseball.

[TheLeviathan]

 

Lame and leading question.  If it's the same play I saw, the ball appeared to be slicing away from Sano.

 

Maybe, but his own teammate hardly gave his skill set a glowing endorsement.  And you can bet pitchers are paying attention to this sort of stuff.

 

It's the half of this that the "get everyone in the lineup/make the mostof our roster" argument forgets: defense counts too and we may be reverting to some tendencies from a few years ago that really hurt this team.  Last year we played a lot less guys out of position and we *shockingly!* performed much better as a team.  This just stinks of not learning our lesson.

[OldTimeTwinkie]

Sano is not an outfielder, period. He is their future and should be at first base or third base. Mauer or Ploufe should have been moved. Sano could get hurt playing any position but what he can't do is play any position.

[mnfireman]

Maybe somebody stated this earlier, but Hanley Ramirez moved from SS to LF. If he's playing the game properly a SS runs a lot more than a LF, plus lays out for line drives and grounders in the hole. Personally, I think Ramirez was upset about being moved and it showed in his play. I am not worried about Sano, and it will only be a 2 or 3 year deal anyway,

[jimmer]

 

Lame and leading question.  If it's the same play I saw, the ball appeared to be slicing away from Sano.

Nothing lame about it.  It's a legitimate baseball question based on a huge point of conversation this offseason.  That point of conversation being moving Sano to the OF.

 

That's a play that has to be made by an OF.  Especially a person playing OF at the MLB level.  Since they decided to make him a starter there, he should be held to the same fielding standards as other RF are as opposed to finding a way to make an excuse for a poor play.  .

[jimmer]

I believe that once you are in the majors you should be able to play your position at a MLB caliber level. The major leagues shouldn't be where one learns a whole new area of defense for the first time (IF or catchers to OF, for example), nor should a player ever be put in that position.  It's not fair to the player and it's not fair to the pitching staff and the rest of the team who has to deal with the results.

 

The Twins have decided to send Sano out to OF where he's never played and do so at the major league level.  Like Santana a couple years ago in CF, I give him Sano credit for going out there and trying for sure.  It won't be Sano to blame for the guffaws that occurs out in RF this year, it will be the Twins' fault. 

[DaveW]

Ortiz just proves once again that literally everyone on this planet realizes that Sano should be playing 3rd base. Everyone but Ryan of course.....

 

Ortiz two rings

Ryan zero

[alarp33]

 

Ortiz just proves once again that literally everyone on this planet realizes that Sano should be playing 3rd base. Everyone but Ryan of course.....

Ortiz two rings
Ryan zero

 

It's actually 3-0.... Those 3 have all come since TR has had a team win a playoff game

[DaveW]

It's actually 3-0.... Those 3 have all come since TR has had a team win a playoff game

Oh yeah, I forgot about that third ring! The funny thing is, if Ortiz isn't on the Red Sox they probably don't even win ONE ring.

 

Oh well, I'm sure the team would still rather have that 1.75 million or so they saved.