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Gallo has multiple gold gloves.  Someone posted a figure here not long ago showing he is one of the MLB leaders in DRS over the last handful of years.  He’s literally one of the best defensive outfielders in the game.
Gordon has shown to be terrible in the OF at times.  At his best, average.
Gordon is probably the 6th best CF on the team (Buxton, Taylor, Gallo, Lewis when healthy, Kepler).
Help me understand the reasoning behind preferring Gordon in CF over Gallo.

Baldelli has shown he goes outside of the box with his lineups.  So, who really knows.
I’d prefer not to see Gallo in that spot.  Too much swing and miss.  We need to start capitalizing with RISP and moving back to “manufacturing” a few more runs.  I’ve seen enough RISP stranded last year, that should’ve been easy runs, to last a lifetime.  It felt like we set the league record for stranding guys on third with no outs.
The ideal lineup for me:  Buxton lead off, Correa second, Polanco third.  At that point, in a perfect world, it’s a healthy Kirilloff.  But, that may never happen.  If Kepler can turn things around, he’d another candidate.   But, that may never happen.  That basically leaves Miranda.  I’m not thrilled with that option.  Not sold on him yet.  But, that’s about all we have.
We just need better players.

Not sure we’re in a great spot to be criticizing their minor league pitching approach.  We haven’t developed a high quality starter from our system in two decades.
I like a couple of the Royals’ young pieces, as you mentioned.  It’ll be interesting to see how long until they deal them away.
I think it feels futile being a Twins fan most days.  They’ve had much more postseason success than we have, but I imagine it feels even worse right now being one of the few remaining Royals fans.

Baldelli has shown he goes outside of the box with his lineups.  So, who really knows.
I’d prefer not to see Gallo in that spot.  Too much swing and miss.  We need to start capitalizing with RISP and moving back to “manufacturing” a few more runs.  I’ve seen enough RISP stranded last year, that should’ve been easy runs, to last a lifetime.  It felt like we set the league record for stranding guys on third with no outs.
The ideal lineup for me:  Buxton lead off, Correa second, Polanco third.  At that point, in a perfect world, it’s a healthy Kirilloff.  But, that may never happen.  If Kepler can turn things around, he’d another candidate.   But, that may never happen.  That basically leaves Miranda.  I’m not thrilled with that option.  Not sold on him yet.  But, that’s about all we have.
We just need better players.

Gallo has multiple gold gloves.  Someone posted a figure here not long ago showing he is one of the MLB leaders in DRS over the last handful of years.  He’s literally one of the best defensive outfielders in the game.
Gordon has shown to be terrible in the OF at times.  At his best, average.
Gordon is probably the 6th best CF on the team (Buxton, Taylor, Gallo, Lewis when healthy, Kepler).
Help me understand the reasoning behind preferring Gordon in CF over Gallo.

Gallo has multiple gold gloves.  Someone posted a figure here not long ago showing he is one of the MLB leaders in DRS over the last handful of years.  He’s literally one of the best defensive outfielders in the game.
Gordon has shown to be terrible in the OF at times.  At his best, average.
Gordon is probably the 6th best CF on the team (Buxton, Taylor, Gallo, Lewis when healthy, Kepler).
Help me understand the reasoning behind preferring Gordon in CF over Gallo.

Not sure we’re in a great spot to be criticizing their minor league pitching approach.  We haven’t developed a high quality starter from our system in two decades.
I like a couple of the Royals’ young pieces, as you mentioned.  It’ll be interesting to see how long until they deal them away.
I think it feels futile being a Twins fan most days.  They’ve had much more postseason success than we have, but I imagine it feels even worse right now being one of the few remaining Royals fans.

Gallo has multiple gold gloves.  Someone posted a figure here not long ago showing he is one of the MLB leaders in DRS over the last handful of years.  He’s literally one of the best defensive outfielders in the game.
Gordon has shown to be terrible in the OF at times.  At his best, average.
Gordon is probably the 6th best CF on the team (Buxton, Taylor, Gallo, Lewis when healthy, Kepler).
Help me understand the reasoning behind preferring Gordon in CF over Gallo.

Not sure we’re in a great spot to be criticizing their minor league pitching approach.  We haven’t developed a high quality starter from our system in two decades.
I like a couple of the Royals’ young pieces, as you mentioned.  It’ll be interesting to see how long until they deal them away.
I think it feels futile being a Twins fan most days.  They’ve had much more postseason success than we have, but I imagine it feels even worse right now being one of the few remaining Royals fans.

Why is it so puzzling that they added a depth infielder?
When the inevitable injury to an infielder happens, they’ll need another swing man to replace Farmer, who will fill the starting void (no. Nick Gordon isn’t playing anywhere in the infield).
It means Joey Gallo is an outfielder.  Which, he should be (no, Nick Gordon shouldn’t be handed a starting left field job in the MLB after playing out of his mind to elevate himself to league average for two months, for the first and only time in his 10 year pro career - stop).
Im not concerned about Larnach.  He’s earned nothing.  He’s not been good when on the field.  Post-injury Alex K. hasn’t either.  I’m not concerned about Nick Gordon.  If he regresses even slightly he’s absolutely unplayable at a corner OF spot.
Solano has had recent success.  I think it’s a worthy flier.  There’s room on the roster and this team stacks injuries like cordwood.  If he fails, there’s nothing lost.  I’ve said it before, if you’re going to curl into the fetal position at the thought of lengthy contracts (which we do here), these are the kind of moves you need to make.  If that’s the route you choose, make it a numbers game.

Lol.  Manfreds comments.  What a joke.
I mean, no ****, Manfred.  Like this is something they’ve just figured out.  Fans have been bitching about it for 30 years.  You might as well fold 3/4 of the teams in the league at this point.  There is less parity in the MLB right now then any sport in history.
You have teams on the high end spending 5x the teams in the low end.  That is just absurd.  
It’s like a top tenured scientist coming out after decades of studies concluding the sky is blue.
Dollars to donuts says the reason for finally doing this is because the large market teams he’s carried the water for want it.  Sure as heck isn’t for Pirates fans.  It’s getting so bad Yankees fans are even tired of it.

If he said/did something and deserved it, good.  If he stood up to someone who deserved it, good.
Part of the breakdown in civility in today’s society is due to a lack of consequences.  A society where you get punched in the face for being an idiot is a more polite society.  
If you can’t take that heat, don’t enter the kitchen.  Don’t go all bro in some bar somewhere.  Don’t be in a place you shouldn’t be around people you shouldn’t be around.  Simple as that.
Either way, hopefully it’s a reality check and the young man learned a valuable lesson.
If it turns out he was the victim of some crime walking from his car to apartment something, that’s unfortunate and a very tough break.
From a baseball perspective, my expectations were already pretty low.  I’m not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for him to develop into a high quality MLB starter at this point.  Not really a huge impact on the Twins as a baseball team.

All of this arguing about “no, he’ll get hurt there, he’s got to play here.”
The fact that we’re even having that conversation indicates a huge problem.  We’re talking about a 21 year old kid playing baseball, here.  If you can’t play centerfield or SS without blowing your knee every year, your body is broken and your career is over.  Putting him in left or second base isn’t solving anything.  It’s irrationally giving into paranoia over a situation you can’t control.  
Tryng to hide him in a place he doesn’t use his knees isn’t going to work.  He’ll blow it running the bases, or jumping down the dug out stairs, or slipping on some ice, or whatever.  He’ll still have to run and pivot at second base or left field.
He’s either got knees that can handle a semi-athletic (baseball) sport or he doesn’t.  There’s only so much bubble wrap and off days until he’s just not a that useful anymore.
Not saying his career is over, but that no amount of micromanagement is going to change the outcome.  Same with Buxton, and everyone else on this roster that can’t seem to play a game that drunk 40 year old guys play all the time without a debilitating injury.
The only possibilities are their body is broken permanently and chronically, it’s a fluke, or the strength/training staff is doing something egregiously wrong.  It’s not because they’re playing the wrong position.

This is almost word for word what was said about Kirilloff a few years back.
Not saying it’s good or bad, that Kirilloff is cooked, etc.  Just an observation.

Lol.  Manfreds comments.  What a joke.
I mean, no ****, Manfred.  Like this is something they’ve just figured out.  Fans have been bitching about it for 30 years.  You might as well fold 3/4 of the teams in the league at this point.  There is less parity in the MLB right now then any sport in history.
You have teams on the high end spending 5x the teams in the low end.  That is just absurd.  
It’s like a top tenured scientist coming out after decades of studies concluding the sky is blue.
Dollars to donuts says the reason for finally doing this is because the large market teams he’s carried the water for want it.  Sure as heck isn’t for Pirates fans.  It’s getting so bad Yankees fans are even tired of it.

Lol.  Manfreds comments.  What a joke.
I mean, no ****, Manfred.  Like this is something they’ve just figured out.  Fans have been bitching about it for 30 years.  You might as well fold 3/4 of the teams in the league at this point.  There is less parity in the MLB right now then any sport in history.
You have teams on the high end spending 5x the teams in the low end.  That is just absurd.  
It’s like a top tenured scientist coming out after decades of studies concluding the sky is blue.
Dollars to donuts says the reason for finally doing this is because the large market teams he’s carried the water for want it.  Sure as heck isn’t for Pirates fans.  It’s getting so bad Yankees fans are even tired of it.

Lol.  Manfreds comments.  What a joke.
I mean, no ****, Manfred.  Like this is something they’ve just figured out.  Fans have been bitching about it for 30 years.  You might as well fold 3/4 of the teams in the league at this point.  There is less parity in the MLB right now then any sport in history.
You have teams on the high end spending 5x the teams in the low end.  That is just absurd.  
It’s like a top tenured scientist coming out after decades of studies concluding the sky is blue.
Dollars to donuts says the reason for finally doing this is because the large market teams he’s carried the water for want it.  Sure as heck isn’t for Pirates fans.  It’s getting so bad Yankees fans are even tired of it.

Lol.  Manfreds comments.  What a joke.
I mean, no ****, Manfred.  Like this is something they’ve just figured out.  Fans have been bitching about it for 30 years.  You might as well fold 3/4 of the teams in the league at this point.  There is less parity in the MLB right now then any sport in history.
You have teams on the high end spending 5x the teams in the low end.  That is just absurd.  
It’s like a top tenured scientist coming out after decades of studies concluding the sky is blue.
Dollars to donuts says the reason for finally doing this is because the large market teams he’s carried the water for want it.  Sure as heck isn’t for Pirates fans.  It’s getting so bad Yankees fans are even tired of it.

If he said/did something and deserved it, good.  If he stood up to someone who deserved it, good.
Part of the breakdown in civility in today’s society is due to a lack of consequences.  A society where you get punched in the face for being an idiot is a more polite society.  
If you can’t take that heat, don’t enter the kitchen.  Don’t go all bro in some bar somewhere.  Don’t be in a place you shouldn’t be around people you shouldn’t be around.  Simple as that.
Either way, hopefully it’s a reality check and the young man learned a valuable lesson.
If it turns out he was the victim of some crime walking from his car to apartment something, that’s unfortunate and a very tough break.
From a baseball perspective, my expectations were already pretty low.  I’m not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for him to develop into a high quality MLB starter at this point.  Not really a huge impact on the Twins as a baseball team.

If he said/did something and deserved it, good.  If he stood up to someone who deserved it, good.
Part of the breakdown in civility in today’s society is due to a lack of consequences.  A society where you get punched in the face for being an idiot is a more polite society.  
If you can’t take that heat, don’t enter the kitchen.  Don’t go all bro in some bar somewhere.  Don’t be in a place you shouldn’t be around people you shouldn’t be around.  Simple as that.
Either way, hopefully it’s a reality check and the young man learned a valuable lesson.
If it turns out he was the victim of some crime walking from his car to apartment something, that’s unfortunate and a very tough break.
From a baseball perspective, my expectations were already pretty low.  I’m not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for him to develop into a high quality MLB starter at this point.  Not really a huge impact on the Twins as a baseball team.

Correa did not sign here to win championships.  Give all the cliche press conference lip service you want.  He’d say the same thing if Pittsburgh or Kansas City signed him.  We were the only option offering the kind of money he was looking for.  That’s it.  He literally tried to sign with 2 other teams first.  I’ll take it, not going to complain, but it is what it is.
I’d like nothing more than this team winning a championship.  But, we’re nowhere near that right now.  Our payroll is maxed out (by choice).  We have no high-end starting pitching, and nothing in the “pipeline” that projects near the top end of a rotation.  A bunch of mediocre position player (outside if Correa and Buxton).  Half the 40 man has significant injury concerns.  According to the Athletic, we don’t have a single prospect in the top 50 (pitcher or hitter). 
Correa is a stat head.  He knows the numbers, odds, etc inside and out.  Hes been a champion.  He’s not looking at this roster and prospect pool and thinking about Championships.  That’s just not happening.

All of this arguing about “no, he’ll get hurt there, he’s got to play here.”
The fact that we’re even having that conversation indicates a huge problem.  We’re talking about a 21 year old kid playing baseball, here.  If you can’t play centerfield or SS without blowing your knee every year, your body is broken and your career is over.  Putting him in left or second base isn’t solving anything.  It’s irrationally giving into paranoia over a situation you can’t control.  
Tryng to hide him in a place he doesn’t use his knees isn’t going to work.  He’ll blow it running the bases, or jumping down the dug out stairs, or slipping on some ice, or whatever.  He’ll still have to run and pivot at second base or left field.
He’s either got knees that can handle a semi-athletic (baseball) sport or he doesn’t.  There’s only so much bubble wrap and off days until he’s just not a that useful anymore.
Not saying his career is over, but that no amount of micromanagement is going to change the outcome.  Same with Buxton, and everyone else on this roster that can’t seem to play a game that drunk 40 year old guys play all the time without a debilitating injury.
The only possibilities are their body is broken permanently and chronically, it’s a fluke, or the strength/training staff is doing something egregiously wrong.  It’s not because they’re playing the wrong position.

All of this arguing about “no, he’ll get hurt there, he’s got to play here.”
The fact that we’re even having that conversation indicates a huge problem.  We’re talking about a 21 year old kid playing baseball, here.  If you can’t play centerfield or SS without blowing your knee every year, your body is broken and your career is over.  Putting him in left or second base isn’t solving anything.  It’s irrationally giving into paranoia over a situation you can’t control.  
Tryng to hide him in a place he doesn’t use his knees isn’t going to work.  He’ll blow it running the bases, or jumping down the dug out stairs, or slipping on some ice, or whatever.  He’ll still have to run and pivot at second base or left field.
He’s either got knees that can handle a semi-athletic (baseball) sport or he doesn’t.  There’s only so much bubble wrap and off days until he’s just not a that useful anymore.
Not saying his career is over, but that no amount of micromanagement is going to change the outcome.  Same with Buxton, and everyone else on this roster that can’t seem to play a game that drunk 40 year old guys play all the time without a debilitating injury.
The only possibilities are their body is broken permanently and chronically, it’s a fluke, or the strength/training staff is doing something egregiously wrong.  It’s not because they’re playing the wrong position.

All of this arguing about “no, he’ll get hurt there, he’s got to play here.”
The fact that we’re even having that conversation indicates a huge problem.  We’re talking about a 21 year old kid playing baseball, here.  If you can’t play centerfield or SS without blowing your knee every year, your body is broken and your career is over.  Putting him in left or second base isn’t solving anything.  It’s irrationally giving into paranoia over a situation you can’t control.  
Tryng to hide him in a place he doesn’t use his knees isn’t going to work.  He’ll blow it running the bases, or jumping down the dug out stairs, or slipping on some ice, or whatever.  He’ll still have to run and pivot at second base or left field.
He’s either got knees that can handle a semi-athletic (baseball) sport or he doesn’t.  There’s only so much bubble wrap and off days until he’s just not a that useful anymore.
Not saying his career is over, but that no amount of micromanagement is going to change the outcome.  Same with Buxton, and everyone else on this roster that can’t seem to play a game that drunk 40 year old guys play all the time without a debilitating injury.
The only possibilities are their body is broken permanently and chronically, it’s a fluke, or the strength/training staff is doing something egregiously wrong.  It’s not because they’re playing the wrong position.

Correa did not sign here to win championships.  Give all the cliche press conference lip service you want.  He’d say the same thing if Pittsburgh or Kansas City signed him.  We were the only option offering the kind of money he was looking for.  That’s it.  He literally tried to sign with 2 other teams first.  I’ll take it, not going to complain, but it is what it is.
I’d like nothing more than this team winning a championship.  But, we’re nowhere near that right now.  Our payroll is maxed out (by choice).  We have no high-end starting pitching, and nothing in the “pipeline” that projects near the top end of a rotation.  A bunch of mediocre position player (outside if Correa and Buxton).  Half the 40 man has significant injury concerns.  According to the Athletic, we don’t have a single prospect in the top 50 (pitcher or hitter). 
Correa is a stat head.  He knows the numbers, odds, etc inside and out.  Hes been a champion.  He’s not looking at this roster and prospect pool and thinking about Championships.  That’s just not happening.