The Twins Have too Many Good Outfielders; Can They Make Room for Them?

[ashbury]

The Twins do not have too many good outfielders. They have about the right number. It's a non-problem. I'll worry about making room for the prospects when those prospects have demonstrated they are good enough to be given a place on the major league roster.

[Major League Ready]

 

I think this is stretching reality. We have 2 very good OFers (Kepler & Buxton) and a good OFer (Rosario) who will be gone by 2022 for sure and perhaps next year. Cave is a good back-up and could even take the Escobar path and grown into an above average started but how knows. Is Wade a player anyone here wants as an everyday OFer?  Go ahead and trade him but he is not bringing anything that resembles what we need in a SP. 

 

That leaves us with Larnach, Kirilloff, Rooker, Raley and Lewis. Lewis would be more valuable as a SS given that is a problem area right now. Let's hope Lewis becomes our SS and Polanco moves to 2B.  Arreaz can become a utility player or perhaps he could be traded.  Larnach and Kirilloff are at least a year away unless they really kill it the 1st half of 2020. I think Kirilloff is actually our 1B replacement and Sano goes to DH / 1B / 3B once Cruz is gone.  Raley and Rooker are close.  If either one or booth of them can bring some pitching ... Great! I just don't see our outfield situation blocking anyone with perhaps the exception of Rooker and Raley. 

[DocBauer]

Simple truth is these things sort of work themselves out. One or two will be traded, one or two will just not work out, (but could bounce around and re-surface elsewhere), and Rosario may or may not be around past 2021.

 

But, in theory and keeping the OP context in mind, Larnach takes over LF from a departed Rosario. Kiriloff plays 1B with Sano to DH, but not necessarily exclusively. Raley or Rooker could PH/DH and play 3 spots. Lewis is still an infielder, hopefully will stick there, and could still play some OF. Why couldn't he?

 

Might be room for Cave or Wade as a 4th OF until Celistino maybe comes along.

 

Room for everyone? Nope. But there is room. And again, these things tend to work themselves out.