Riverbrian

Lewis isn't an OF'er because the organization is refusing to let him play OF at best or didn't prepare him to be an OF at worst. Nick Gordon wouldn't be an OF'er either with the same stipulations applied to Lewis.

I can't say for sure what the Dodgers would do but I have been watching them close. If a player displayed what Lewis displayed while Trae Turner was out. I do believe that the Dodgers would have kept Lewis up when he returned. I'd guess that they would have put him in LF primarily. Taylor would have then moved to the super utility role. It can be argued that the Twins don't have a Chris Taylor... No we don't... Not Exactly but that is because we haven't created a Chris Taylor yet and we should. Arraez and Gordon are our attempts at it Not to mention Gavin Lux who was moved around when he first arrived and is still being moved around. And Max Muncy who has been moved around when he first arrived is also on the roster and is still being moved around. This is positional boxing of players into single position boxes is an unnecessary self created handicap that the Twins need to overcome. And Today I'm saying... Overcome it quickly. The Dodgers have. A question has been in my mind for a long time now: How can a team as loaded as the Dodgers find the playing time for a player like Max Muncy? It's the willingness (fearlessness) to move players around the diamond to let them continue contributing that makes it possible. The Dodgers don't talk themselves out of it. It makes them bulletproof.

I get this. But in the end you are keeping a guy to face lefthanders only just to cover for another guy who you'd rather not face lefthanders. Instead of keeping the guy who is hitting both. You are using two, where you could use one.

LOL... Greatest. American. Ever. Is what Alfred E. is. Just expressing my thoughts. Not worried. This isn't a Nick Anderson level mistake yet. It's fixable. I just don't like the mechanism that led to this move. The mechanism is similar to how a Nick Anderson type mistake is made. Go with the guys getting the job done.

Garlick has an option. So that would make him an option. I don't believe Garlick deserves a send down either but, his utilization is limited to short side platoon which isn't as necessary when you have a player who isn't going to be platooned in Lewis. If the concern is moving Lewis around to different positions while he learns the league... OK Fair Enough... However, I don't personally agree because the Dodgers do this sort of thing all the time and do so with success. But OK Fair Enough... Don't move him around to avoid complicating his introduction to the league and protect that innocence. So... then make him static at a different position and let a vet move around instead. They could let Royce play LF consistently in the bigs and use the DH spot (even 1B) to provide playing time for Kepler and Larnach. We don't have players playing well enough to block this. There are other options on the other side of this coin that can be thought through as well. ? In the end... not the end of the world... He's a phone call away but, this is the very thing that I don't want my organization doing. Talking themselves into not letting players who are playing well play. The reasons for doing this are defensible to a point... the reasons to not do it are stronger in my opinion. I'll be OK but Jeez.

1. Based on actual performance on the field. We just sent down our 4th best position player. I understand that this is my opinion. I also understand small sample sizes. I understand that he could slump in the future and settle in at a different spot in my subjective rankings. However... The guy was handed a job and he did that job better than most of the players who remain and it wasn't particularly close either. The team just sent down our 4th best position player in my opinion. I know we can always call him back up... it's not the end of the world... we didn't release him... but yeah... we just sent down our 4th best position player. That is always going to be hard to justify. 2. They were unprepared for his success. The organization was not prepped for this. Baldelli said that they are going to send him down to play SS but also get exposed to other positions. THEY ARE LATE WITH THIS PLAN!!! If it is necessary to get him exposed to other positions... it should have been done already. It's disappointing that my team (that I thought was progressive) would let a positional bottleneck occur. If you have a Correa on the 26 man roster and a top prospect on the 40 man at the same position and not considering (planning) for the possibility of a different position for that position player behind Correa... you dropped the ball. Even if you don't have a Correa on your roster... any time a prospect has to wait in line at one position and one position only... you extend that wait... waiting for that one spot to get hurt or fail. THEY ARE LATE WITH THIS NEW PLAN!!! 3. Do we have to wait until Correa specifically gets hurt again to see Lewis. How long is this exposure process going to take? If Kepler or Urshela gets hurt for example next week... will Lewis need more exposure or do we call up a lesser player to play 3B or OF instead? Miranda has not played well and is still here so the answer appears to be lesser players until this exposure process plays out. I remain supportive of the front office but Jeez... I am disappointed.

Those 4 reps in the game CEMENT the thousands of repetitions off the fungo. If you don't do the 4 reps in a game... there is no cement. ?

Super Utility. Think Chris Taylor with the Dodgers.

We all know that we are supposed to walk a mile in different shoes first. But our own shoes are comfortable once they get all broken in. It's easier to just say **** that.

Rocco Baldelli Regaining 'Manager of the Year' Form, to the Dismay of Haters Rocco Baldelli Regaining Year Form the Dismay of Haters? Rocco Baldelli of the, to the dismay of? Rocco Baldelli Regaining of year to dismay haters? I'll finish working on this after I finish reading the front page and obits.

Non capisco cosa stanno dicendo. ? Buddy Holly Fans probably won't get past the spelling of "The Weeknd" long enough to give "Blinding Lights" a chance.

I like Music but I don't like the opera. I don't speak Italian, so the opera makes no sense to me. If I understood the opera... I might like it better because I do like Music. People tend to hate what they don't understand. If I make no attempt to better my understanding of the opera... my viewpoint will never change.

I agree that perspective is necessary. This particular AAA team is currently winning 4 games out of every 10. If the wheels completely fall of, They will still win 1 out of every 3 games. I sure hope we don't pitch underhand to them. ?

Not to mention... it takes at least 6 months to buy it because of the chip shortage. ?

I was sleeping during med school and I don't have access to the information necessary to have an opinion. I will always rely upon those who make these types of decisions for a living.

I understand why platoons are helpful and statistically justifiable. I understand the overall historical numbers that clearly show an advantage for hitting against the opposite hand. I understand the historical advantage that pitchers have pitching against the same hand. I also understand that when it comes to roster utilization. The 3 teams that I frequently mention as organization I'd like to see the Twins pattern themselves after (Dodgers, Rays and Giants) are heavy platoon teams. However... my concern with the platoon is always going to revert back to development. Celestino has hit righties as well as lefties in the minors so his numbers don't suggest needing a platoon to survive. Taking a young player and short siding sure seems like a good way to limit his future potential. It can be an easy way to break someone into the majors instead of head first but if you don't let him off the leash he will have no future because eventually someone who hits both sides will take his job when roster decisions have to made in the future. In regards to Garlick... this certainly happened to him. Nothing in his minor league numbers suggested a short side platoon limitation but when he finally got his chance with the Dodgers. They made him a short side platoon and that is what he is... forever now. Garlick can mash lefties is the common phrase used around here but he wasn't given a fair chance to mash righties so who knows if he could have at the major league level. Mashing lefties won't save Garlick in the future. Eventually he will be dropped from our 26 man roster. Anyway... In short... I'm hopeful that Celestino gets a good dose of starts against right handers going forward for his development. After all he just had a good week against them. I'll probably get on this soapbox again in the future. ?

Also... this was against right handed pitching. Injuries allowed Celestino out of the short side platoon box for a bit. He did well, he did well in the minors against righties. He's young with his best years in front of him and in need of further development. Yet, I assume that he will be placed back into that box. I'd like to take this moment to question out loud... should he be in that box.

Another consideration concerning Jax last night. When you got a decent sized lead. Pitchers can be instructed to not get cute and pound the zone.

Yes that is exactly what I'm saying. Almost every manager in baseball today does not know what they are doing when it comes to executing the way you'd like. ?

I remember putting quarter after quarter to play Space Invaders and Donkey Kong at the Arcade. I remember sporting a mullet and my girl wearing shoulder pads and renting a movie to watch at Blockbuster and getting fined for late return. I remember not having to take my shoes off at the airport. Times change. This isn't just a Rocco thing once you look around the league.

Good Vote... I will approve you having a vote in our elections.

There is a poll active on Twinsdaily that asks "What should be done with Lewis once Correa returns"? The Majority of respondents feel Lewis should be sent back down to AAA. It's not surprising but yet remains disappointing that so many just can't see anything besides the tiny box that they feel players must be placed in and therefore no room at the inn. Lewis sent down while performing like he has just to keep others on the roster who are performing nowhere close to Lewis... would cause... the first clear appearance of unmistakable erosion in my support of the front office. I understand small sample sizes and I understand that the league will make adjustments to him that could cause problems but I'll say it. He is our 4th best position player at this moment in time. When Correa comes back... Lewis will do a great job in a super utility role.

Past front offices are always going to impact the current one... always. Unless they are the Seattle Kraken... new front offices enter the job with what the past front office left behind. The most important task of any front office is to increase the value of the players on their roster. This is where the organization under Ryan failed and this is where I'm hopeful that Falvey and Lavine will end up fixing. I'd like to believe than any of us would have drafted Byron Buxton in 2012. What happens next is what matters. Trades are almost always equal value on paper when they are made... So if you want to win a trade... you have to help the player you acquired better and increase the value. What happens next is what matters. Increasing the value of players is the most important function of the front office and all of the people they have working for him. We had a long dry spell of... no superstars (high value players) under Terry Ryan. Why? No Twin reaching free agency got the big contract after they ran through their service time with the Twins... No Twin had the value to get anything of value in a trade before they reached free agency. The Orioles produced Manny Machado. Where was the Twins equivalent of Manny Machado? Where was the Twins equivalent of Cody Bellinger? The Dodgers were always drafting late in the round, while the Twins were always drafting early and the Dodgers cranked out superstars underneath their superstars already on their roster. Where were the Twins version of Cody Bellinger and Walker Buehler? We cranked out Brian Dozier and Trevor Plouffe and we got the full 6 years out of them and when they each hit free agency... there was barely any interest in them. We produced average players and played them like they were high value. This is why the front office needed a change. And if we need to change again... this would be why we would need to in the future. Development. This articles acknowledges the role played by the past front offices. Yeah... the new home owner is going to get the condition of the house they bought as is. It's what happen next is what matters.

My personal definition of "For Real" is meaningful baseball in September. I will not fall into the trap of thinking that the playoff results of 5 games diminishes the accomplishment of qualifying for the right to get hot come playoff time. With my personal definition of "For Real". I believe they are for real. The pitching depth is like nothing we've had in quite some time... if ever. That pitching will provide the offense the opportunity to win some games.

Yeah That's right... I forgot about Godoy. I agree On 2nd thought... The Way Kirilloff is hitting... Maybe not.