Jose Miranda Deserves a Shot

[joefish]

Now that Kirilloff is healthy i don't need to see Arraez play 1b. 

I would love to see what Miranda can do splitting time with Gio at 3b. Play the hot hand.

[Murph]

On 6/24/2022 at 10:11 AM, Dave The Dastardly said:

Can't agree with you on the rookie thing. The current Twins are not a playoff team. Cleveland just proved that. And a team doesn't "improve" by keeping average players in the lineup when it has rookies that may be better. But the only way you can prove a rookie can do a better than average job, is to play them. A lot. And give them all the chances in the world to play at the position they have been trained for at the level of competition you need them to play at. If you have to play them at a new position, then its only fair to cut them some slack while they adapt instead of immediately condemning their performance and ruling them a disaster.

I've been preaching all year that this season is for the Twins to kick the tires on their prospects if they want to be a playoff team next season. Witness the negative effect  the absence of Sano and Donaldson has had. None. Yet the 2022 team is better than the 2021 team because getting rid of those two made room for Arraez and the rookies. Yeah, the rookies will make mistakes, but that's how rookies learn. And if they get enough playing time this year, they won't be rookies next season.

OK... You won me over.

[Greglw3]

On 6/24/2022 at 11:02 PM, KirbyDome89 said:

 

-5 OAA and a DRS of 0 but we're giving him a Gold Glove...

That should teach you to never ever use OAA or DRA or UZR. Use your baseball knowledge and learn from people like Roy Smalley who said Gio was the best 3rd baseman in the AL and Rocco who said Gio’s defense was exceptional and your God given 5 senses.

[FlyingFinn]

For a top prospect, we are just sitting Miranda on the bench a lot. When Polanco comes back, he is almost certainly headed down. That may be great for him to get AB's every day again and show what he learned in his first stint in MLB.