Major League Baseball Needs Royce Lewis in the All-Star Game

Carlos Santana had 0.4 fWAR coming into June, good for probably about 10th in the league. Behind Mountcastle, Naylor, Guerrero, Jr., Perez, etc so I suppose with a snapshot in time, Santana is the highest WAR atm, but that's subject to change quickly.

Royce Lewis is one of the greatest player assets for the game today. There is no player I've seen in recent history who is more charismatic than Lewis, and what he's doing on the field... please stay healthy, is insane.

 

MLB may need Lewis in the ASG but the TC definitely do not.  Team wise TC does not need to have their injury prone hands down best hitter play in a meaningless game.

I know the chance of injury is small but why risk it for ZERO payoff? Better to have him take the days off.

4 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

MLB may need Lewis in the ASG but the TC definitely do not.  Team wise TC does not need to have their injury prone hands down best hitter play in a meaningless game.

I know the chance of injury is small but why risk it for ZERO payoff? Better to have him take the days off.

The Win-Loss column only is too short sighted. The value Royce Lewis can bring to the Twins on a national popularity level is real. Popularity sells tickets. Selling tickets increases revenue. Higher revenue increases player salary. Higher salary can increase future competitiveness of the franchise.

2 hours ago, bean5302 said:

The Win-Loss column only is too short sighted. The value Royce Lewis can bring to the Twins on a national popularity level is real. Popularity sells tickets. Selling tickets increases revenue. Higher revenue increases player salary. Higher salary can increase future competitiveness of the franchise.

None of this increase in revenue takes into account the Pohlad's ownership.

2 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

None of this jncrease in revenue takes into account the Pohlad's ownership.

The odds of increased revenue leading to LESS spending would seem remote.  Having Lewis featured on a national stage leads to greater recognition for the Twins.  Back in the day Killebrew and Oliva did that. 

9 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

None of this increase in revenue takes into account the Pohlad's ownership.

The Twins are higher in spending rank than Twins fans are in attendance rank. The evil Pohlads spent a great portion of team revenues last year than average. If the team has the revenues, the Pohlads have spent the money the last several years. The way fans on here lose their minds over only having the 2nd highest payroll in the AL Central (it will be the highest at the end of the year) is crazy to me. The Pohlads aren't the greatest owners in the league, but I'd happily have them running the team instead of swapping with about 10 other teams' ownership groups. Orioles, Pirates, Athletics, Nationals, Guardians, Reds, Marlins, Rockies, White Sox, and Angels are all solidly under worse ownership.

The Twins will likely fall a couple spots on this list this year to about league average if they don't add salary at the trade deadline, but it's hard to tell how revenues will shake out.

10 hours ago, strumdatjag said:

It ain’t happening for Royce.  Too few games played and too many spots will be taken by unworthy players voted in by the fans. 
The vote for starters should be a compilation of 50% fans vote, 25% players vote and 50% sports writers vote.   That should reduce the number of unworthy but “popular” players starting.  The fans voting will reduce the exclusion of blackballed but worthy players that are either unliked by players (personality or other issues)  or by writers (who don’t like the good players who won’t give interviews). 

but that adds up to 125%. I assume you mean 25% fan votes?

9 minutes ago, Karbo said:

but that adds up to 125%. I assume you mean 25% fan votes?

Nope.  That's just Yogi Berra math.