Welcome Back, José Miranda. We Missed You.

[jmlease1]

5 hours ago, stringer bell said:

If he shows he's a better hitter than Kirilloff and Santana, José should continue to have a big role for the Twins, even after Royce Lewis returns. So far this year, Miranda has shown himself to be at least adequate at third base, which increases his value, especially since Lewis hasn't managed to stay on the field. 

 

Yeah, last year he simply couldn't throw which ruled him out for 3B. And with lewis playing so very well at 3B it was easy to think of Miranda as being a 1B/DH guy especially since that's where he had the best chance of finding PT. But he's been looking solid enough at 3B for sure.

he does still kinda swing at everything, which makes me nervous...but he does have very good bat to ball skills, so hopefully he can continue to work hits. 

[jmlease1]

5 hours ago, stringer bell said:

If he shows he's a better hitter than Kirilloff and Santana, José should continue to have a big role for the Twins, even after Royce Lewis returns. So far this year, Miranda has shown himself to be at least adequate at third base, which increases his value, especially since Lewis hasn't managed to stay on the field. 

 

Yeah, last year he simply couldn't throw which ruled him out for 3B. And with lewis playing so very well at 3B it was easy to think of Miranda as being a 1B/DH guy especially since that's where he had the best chance of finding PT. But he's been looking solid enough at 3B for sure.

he does still kinda swing at everything, which makes me nervous...but he does have very good bat to ball skills, so hopefully he can continue to work hits. 

[stringer bell]

6 minutes ago, jmlease1 said:

Yeah, last year he simply couldn't throw which ruled him out for 3B. And with lewis playing so very well at 3B it was easy to think of Miranda as being a 1B/DH guy especially since that's where he had the best chance of finding PT. But he's been looking solid enough at 3B for sure.

he does still kinda swing at everything, which makes me nervous...but he does have very good bat to ball skills, so hopefully he can continue to work hits. 

Miranda's exit velocity and line drive numbers are pretty low. I think he swings and makes contact on too many "pitcher's pitches" and makes weak contact quite often. I thought his BABiP would be very high this year (SSS), but it is pretty much normal (.314). I'm not ready to call him a cornerstone of the franchise, but his status is much better than it was 10 months ago. 

[jorgenswest]

43 minutes ago, jmlease1 said:

Yeah, last year he simply couldn't throw which ruled him out for 3B. And with lewis playing so very well at 3B it was easy to think of Miranda as being a 1B/DH guy especially since that's where he had the best chance of finding PT. But he's been looking solid enough at 3B for sure.

he does still kinda swing at everything, which makes me nervous...but he does have very good bat to ball skills, so hopefully he can continue to work hits. 

His entire sample size takes the good with the bad. I think going back two years is pretty typical particularly when  looking at slash stats that need a very large sample to stabilize.

This year’s small sample is more encouraging because of his play in 2022. If he doesn’t play or played poorly in 2022 there is less hope with his start to this year.