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Lewis at 1B - No. Total waste of his fielding development to put him here. OF - No, don't want to risk an overzealous rookie getting hurt by crashing into a fence without at least some games out there at AAA. Plus, with Larnach back soon, Kepler, Buxton, Celestino, Larnach and Gordon have OF covered. 3B - Maybe. If they are going to play him 4 or 5 times per week here and 1 or 2 at SS each week. The Twins defense will be worse as Urshela is great at 3B and Lewis hasn't played there in years. What will the Twins do? I say Lewis goes back to St. Paul, either when Correa comes back on Wednesday or when Correa is back to full-time, as I think he will get days off like Buxton. Playing SS is the most fun and complex position on defense. If Lewis does play elsewhere this year, he will be making more errors there next year for the Twins so people had better be ready for that. As far as hitting, unless he gets in a big slump, it is better for Lewis to be seeing major league pitching. Tough call.
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Lewis will not be playing 1B. We don't want to stop his development on defense. He's got the talent but needs the reps at SS to improve after missing two years. I don't see him in the OF either for the Twins unless he first plays there for the Saints. Can you imagine the uproar if he were to play there and got seriously injured running into the fence because he hasn't played a game there in 3 years. We would have Buxton 2.0 on the injury side. When Correa returns, 3B would be the one option but Urshela would then move to 1B or DH. Since Lewis hasn't played there since 2019, our defense would we be worse as Urshela has played great D there. In the end, do you sacrifice the defensive development of our SS in 2023 and beyond in order to win in 2022 by getting Lewis bat in the Twins lineup and his speed on the bases?
