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Because Jeffers is not a good catcher.

At his age Billy Hamilton was a better batter and a far better fielder; Celestino's day may have come and gone.

Spring & summer are baseball season, that is what matters the most; if they are doing well and may make the post season, that is just a bonus.

I was never a fan of Larnach but I hope this spring he shows he deserves to be in left field; he has good defense numbers. I like Gordon but he is too often a combination of Go Go Gomez (running) and Willie Norton ( fielding) (In Norton's defense, his fielding improved drastically his last year but his bat disappeared.) you are never sure which form of Gordon will show up each game.

Arraez is , within his range, a better Second Baseman than Polanco, but Polanco is a better we need a long ball now player. Unless they trade him for a better than average Second Baseman, they would be down grading the team.

Buxton loathed being Designated Hitter, his batting average showed that well.

Narvaez is another run-at-will catcher, other teams would love that; if you want to steal bases ,play the Twins.

No I do not follow rookies rules closly at all. He had only 79 games in 2021, what is the minimum games played to be eligible for RoY?

That really is sad as he never got to put in a full season to see what he can or cannot do; although with the Twins bring rookies up, down, up , down not surprising.

IF, if Wallner improved drstically, he might make AAA Player of the Year but that would be amazing. Larnach, if he picks up where he left off, slight chance.

Wallner should not be on the list, if Lewis ever plays without injury he is the best chance.

Narvaez career Caught Stealing number is 22 percent; Sanchez career (both 7 years) is 29 percent. Narvaez would just be another black hole at catcher; resign Sanchez he is better than either, Pitch framing is just a Willo the Wisp with some dude thinking catchers can perform magic, Jeffers is far from a magician behind the plate.

They have not signed him because they are smart.

I said in other posts, he has potential, if he makes a concerted effort, to improve to be another Judge; without that effort to improve, he should never leave the MInor Leagues.

Wishful thinking does not over ride reality. Standard Fielding --Wallner ( Miranda's fielding is also a liability) Year Age Tm Pos Lg G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards 1 Season OF 16 16 14 138.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1 -4 -4 -34 1.88 1.81 .989 2.23 2.20 1 Season RF 16 16 14 138.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1 -4 -4 -34 1.88 1.81 .988 2.19 2.16 1 Season DH 1 1 1 Season TOT 16 16 14 138.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1 -4 -4 -34 1.88 1.81 .989 2.23 2.20 2022 24 MIN OF AL 16 16 14 138.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1 -4 -4 -34 1.88 1.81 .989 2.23 2.20 2022 24 MIN RF AL 16 16 14 138.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1 -4 -4 -35 1.88 1.81 .988 2.19 2.16 2022 24 MIN DH AL 1 1

Now is not 4 months from now.

Tell the Twins Front Office.

If he survives Spring Training he is half-way home already.

We do not need a back-up catcher we need a competent every day catcher; as of now that is Sanchez.

Kepler is worth 3 Wallners, he is a very poor fielder and his batting average was dropping fast; he belongs in AAA but really AA. or he will become another Sano.

He would do nothing to strengthen the weakness.

It would be nice if the rookies performed at the levels this place says they will but in reality some will be end up like Palacios and Contreras. Wallner belongs in AAA , at best, very poor fielder and his batting average was heading for the Mendoza line. They badly need a catcher or TWO. It is a long time till Sprint Training and who the Twins keep or trade is any one's guess; Twins Front Office wishful thinking probably is in a diffrent universe than the one that floats out of here.?

The only place Miranda is guaranteed Third Base is on this forum.

Just like Billy Bean, that worked so well.

At this point Arraez looks more like Lenny Green or Caesar Tovar, both shined bright and peaked around 30 years old after which they dropped quickly. Luis stealing ability of Green or especially Tovar , not much home run power but each hit double digits at least once in their career; Luis had more home runs this year, I imagine he will have year where he hits double digits but his Triple production fell way off. After this year, how good he is will determined, not before.