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Here are Jorge Polanco's batting splits: 2019 against RHP's: Splits: .308 - .379 - .548 - .927 Stats: 56 runs - 25 2B - 4 3B - 14 HR - 39 RBI - 35 BB - (312 ABs) 2019 against LHPs: Splits: .266 - .305 - .381 - .686 Stats: 5 2B - 1 3B - 3 HR - 16 RBI - 5 BB (139 ABs) (Stats per 312 ABs: 11 2B - 2 3B - 7 HRs - 36 RBIs - 11 BB) 2018 against RHP's: Splits: .317 - .387 - .457 0 .844 Stats: 13 2B - 3 3B - 3 HR - 29 RBI - 21 BBs (199 ABs) 2018 against LHPs: Splits: .233 avg - .259 OBP - .369 SLG - ..628 OPS Stats: 5 2B - 0 3Bs - 3 HRs - 13 RBIs - 4 BBs http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/position/ss/sort/OPS/order/true Jorge Polanco, against lefties, is not only arguably the worst Twins hitter on any given day--but he's also among the worst in the MLB at the shortstop position. I have attached a list of MLB shortstops that qualify this season. Jorge Polanco is among the league's worst everyday shortstops as a hitter against left-handed pitching over the last 2 seasons. As right-handed batter, Polanco becomes a hitter who has almost no power, no plate discipline, and below average contact skills...all while playing average to below average defense as SS. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Should the idea of platooning Polanco be explored? Should the idea of Polanco ditching the right-handed side of the plate be explored? Polanco seems to be able to hit for more power and has a much better eye from the left side of the plate. Even if he makes contact less against the same handed pitcher, more power and on base skills would likely translate if he hits more as a lefty. Further, the only burden of proof he has to beat is a mid-600 OPS and a mid-200s batting average. Thoughts?

Pre-2014 - Minors 2014 - 2.14 era / 3.16 FIP 2015 - 2.63 ERA / 2.94 FIP 2016 - 2.43 ERA / 3.6 FIP (3.45 xFIP) 2017 - 10.80 ERA in 16.2 innings / 4.03 ERA in 38 innings (ballooned by 3 bad outings in which he allowed 10 runs) he had a 2.95 ERA before allowing 5 runs in his last 2 outings of the season. 2018 - 2.69 ERA /3.4 FIP 2019 (pre Twins) - 2.47 ERA in 51 innings He's largely been really good and I'd bet that he will continue to be good.

Dyson has an entire career history of being a good reliever sandwiched around 1 year, really a month long stretch, where he absolutely lost it.

In my opinion it's not really tinkering to go with your normal and better swing. It is generally tougher to hit against your own handedness, but Polanco has proven to have better bat control and more power from the left hand side than the right. Schoop's OPS is in the .750's. Polanco as a right hand hitter is the worst hitter in the twins lineup on any given day. Polanco has a similar OPS and SLG% as a RH as Jake Cave this season and he was actually even worse last yea.r

What are you talking about... He's got a .309/.378/.550/.928 OPS as a LH with 25 doubles - 4 triples - 14 HRs He's .265/.304/.382/.686 OPS as a RH with 3 HRs, 5 2Bs, and 1 3B. He's awful from the right side of the plate. He's basically Nick Punto like from the right-side of the plate. Arraez in his minor league career has a better slugging percentage than that and he hit 6 career minor league home runs. This is not a new trend either. Polanco is a slap hitter from the right side who relies on singles and poking hits through the infield and isn't even very good at it.

If I'm the Twins, do I consider pushing Polanco to become a LH only? He's just so much better as a LH. Even if he's worse against righties as a lefty especially average wise I think the offset in increaesd power would be worth it.

PINCH HIT ARRAEZ WITH 2 STRIKES

Pinch hit Kepler plz or Arraez

Cave is now 7 for his last 20 with a 3-4 doubles and a home run

Good to see the ABs by Sano. Good to see him also publicly acknowledging weaknesses in his game and the willingness to work on this weaknesses. He is saying he's trying to work his approach to try and drive the ball to right center field at the scoreboard allowing him to let the ball get deeper into counts. He also said he's been working on his ability to have multiple swings and approaches when needed which should make him a better situational hitter.

I think he could also slot in for just about any MLB team needing a DH. He likely would need to go to a good team though. The immediate team that comes to mind that doesn't fit with the DH idea is the Mets who are looking for MLB ready players. Things in the MLB change fast though. Case in point Twins/Braves last year and this year. There will be a fit.

Rosario + prospects can definitely be part of a package to get a good SP. You don’t think Rosario + say Gordon/SP prospect could get a good SP?

Miguel Sano per 162 game pace: .241/.342/.895 108 runs - 34 2B - 3 3B - 49 HRs - 105 RBIs

He is. Cave has a .984 OPS at AAA this season. His per 162 game pace stats are the following: 125 runs - 61 2B - 14 3B - 24 HR - 132 RBI - 17 SB .352 average / .393 OBP / .984 OPS

If there is a guy the Twins should explore trading for pitching it should be Rosario (rather than Kepler or Sano as have been suggested over the years). Rosario is just as streaky as Sano, gets on base less than Kepler/Sano (by getting himself out expanding the zone), hits for less power, is a bigger minus defensively than Sano, has the worst plate discipline, and is the oldest of the three. Good, exciting player who's got good power forsure--but if the Twins were to use one of their guys as a trade piece (especially with Larnach/Rooker/Kirilloff relatively close to the majors)...it should be Rosario.

I think you can choose any year including this one and the results will be the same. You're right though... these 0.2 innings are more reflective than years of track record both in the short-term, intermediate-term, or long-term sample of his career.

2 appearances out of a career is good logic to base that analysis on. That's fine. Pitchers regress. Basing it off of 30 pitches is not good practice.

What about in the hitters park of Texas with a season of 70 innings pitched with a 2.43 ERA. Or the season before that between Miami and Texas with a 2.63 era. Or the season before that in Miami with a 2.15 ERA. Or do we want to go to his minor league stats because if you go back any further he's in the minor leagues... He had one bad stretch/year when he was traded to San Francisco. Otherwise he's never had an ERA above 3 in any full season in his career. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dysonsa01.shtml Not to ruin your narrative though.... something something grasping straws something something

Lol are you really putting the burden of proof on me to prove that a guy who has been anywhere from good to really good his whole career except 1 year is not somewhere between good and really good? There's one person grasping at straws here. There's really no need to be reactionary to a bad 2 innings . I'll stick with the larger sample size of his track record and be confident in it.

There are 5 players with an OPS above 1.000 this season. Cruz is the 5th of those 5. The other 4 are under 30.

Dyson is a good pitcher. The differences in ERA are due to small sample size. He's not absolutely elite but somewhere just below that. He's been unhittable at home and hittable on the road you've made that point.

And....

I meant future appearances. Right time to pull him here but future....

Funny things happen in small sample sizes

Sucks Dyson has been bad. Timing is awful but he's good. Gotta keep throwing him out there.