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The article I pasted by A.J. HInch in another thread stated how difficult it is to bring some one up from simple AA to AAA with screwing them up by moving them to fast, that you just never really know. Larnach is an example.

He has never been a home run hitter but far from not being a good hitter. Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2012 22 ATL NL 49 182 166 17 48 8 2 3 19 1 0 12 21 .289 .335 .416 .751 101 69 5 1 0 3 1 6 2013 23 ATL NL 157 658 606 76 150 27 6 17 59 6 5 40 55 .248 .296 .396 .692 90 240 16 3 5 4 1 *6/H MVP-14,GG 2014 24 ATL NL 146 576 540 44 132 18 4 7 46 4 5 32 60 .244 .286 .331 .617 75 179 25 0 2 2 4 *6/H GG 2015 25 ATL NL 147 583 535 60 142 23 2 4 44 5 3 39 48 .265 .321 .338 .660 84 181 19 6 1 2 6 *6/H 2016 26 LAA AL 124 483 448 48 126 22 2 4 44 10 1 28 38 .281 .324 .366 .690 91 164 16 2 1 4 0 *6 2017 27 LAA AL 158 647 589 77 164 38 2 14 69 19 6 47 67 .278 .331 .421 .752 102 248 20 3 0 8 0 *6 MVP-8,GG 2018 28 LAA AL 146 600 554 68 162 26 5 11 75 10 2 35 44 .292 .337 .417 .754 108 231 17 5 1 5 2 *6/D MVP-15,GG 2019 29 LAA AL 103 424 398 47 105 19 0 7 40 10 2 24 37 .264 .309 .364 .673 77 145 21 2 0 0 1 6/DH 2020 30 LAA AL 30 127 118 19 35 7 0 0 10 2 0 8 16 .297 .346 .356 .702 91 42 5 1 0 0 0 6 2021 31 MIN AL 99 357 325 32 70 10 0 3 25 1 0 27 50 .215 .280 .274 .554 57 89 10 2 3 0 0 *6/H

If, if Gordon stays with the Twins, we may, although I doubt with this dead base running offense, see a Twin steal home again.

If I were a betting man, my money is on Simmons coming back; with help from a hitting coach next year.

Simmons error allowed the run that tied the game; Simmons hustle and throw prevented the run that would have cost the Twins the game, His defense is still far, far above anyone else that could play there. Polanco is thriving in bad season; I really wonder how some others on the team would be performing if the Twins were in contention. In my opinion also, I think Cruz's performance for the Rays is not what it was as he would rather be here, that there, regardless of Twins record.

Fans go to a game to see a team win, unless they are masochists; they do not spend money to see owners throw crap against a wall to see what sticks.

The analogy is a Straw-man argument, I will leave it at that.

AA play level is not as difficult as AAA, it is a simple as that because he has not mastered AAA yet.

For two games, NO!

"I don't think there's an exact science," Hinch said about moving Torkelson and Greene to Toledo. "You can't predict how things are going to be. You call them up, and they get off to a really hot start, then you kept them down there too long. You call them up and they get off to a dry spell and they're not very good early, then you rushed them. There's no perfect way to predict exactly how they're going to respond or what the right time is." This article: Detroit Tigers promote Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene, Ryan Kreidler to Triple-A Toledo (yahoo.com) with A.J.HInch of the Detroit Tigers is about moving rookies from AA to AAA much less the Big Show. This article shows moving these players around is not a simple -- Why aren't they moving so and so because I think they should -- so much rhetoric is about here but says why and how difficult it actually is to do so and not screw things up worse for the player or team. --- A good read.

That is what the minor league is for; not dumping on paying spectators in major league games.

You really want the Twins to lose .

Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep....

If SS is that worthless then Polanco should still be a short, or Arraez should be there, as "Figures won't lie: but men that draw up the tables may."

That is what AAA is for; they get to the big show when they have already shown, they may be ready, not for more training. All have to adapt, but I doubt many are sent up as maybe-kinda-sorta ready; injuries in the big league may force that but that is no longer the case for bringing up any more wannabes -- well pitching possibly.

Cave has been in a steady decline for some odd reason but his agility in the outfield makes either Larnach or Rooker look like lumbering hippos.

People do not pay 19 bucks for a cheap ticket, to go watch batting practice which is what this would be.

To 98.6 percent of the fans, winning is every thing, or they would not go.

Because if fans want to watch the Saints, they will go to Saints games, not pay big league prices to watch rookies prove they are still rookies.

Because he has made fielding plays that none of the others would even attempt, maybe Arraez and he would throw the ball into right field. In his worst year, Simmons made 14 errors at shortstop, in 2019 Polanco made 22 errors at shortstop

His defense numbers at Baseball Ref. say you are wrong; you are blaming him for a team that is under performing as whole and while too many think the Minor League Rookies are some sort of miracle cure.

Let us hope he just gets better and better.?

Simmons bat has gone South but then so has most of the entire team; lose Simmons and his fielding ability will make a bad team look worse.

Pitching was/is a disaster, most any thing is better than what they created. Outfielders -- Buxton, Garlick, Refsnyder all OK, even the veteran rookies, AAA boys not ready for big show -- Celestino, Gordon, Larnach, Rooker -- it seems they kept Cave because his first year was not bad but since then he has played like a AAA rookie. Catchers -- Rortvedt, not ready for Majors, although Jeffers is doing better than Suzuki the former Twins veteran who blossomed after the Twins let him go. Even the worst of the vets are above .200 , do not know why Simmons is in such a slump but his fielding is 500 percent better than any one else on the team at his position. 1st, 2nd and 3rd have not been a problem when veterans played, hopeful exception Kirilloff; Arraez can hit but is a lousy fielder and Gordon as I have said is like watching Willie Mays Hays from the movie.

But, but numbers don't lie....? ?