Hugh M
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Keaschall's range factor is almost exactly league average for second base. It is actually worse in center field and worst in right field. I think he can be a decent second baseman and a decent left fielder. The Twins, though, don't seem to think he can play second and in any case we will have better fielding options at second, especially if Culpepper moves from shortstop to second. Bottom line is I would play him in left or DH, but I think he is playable at second base.
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Luiz Arraez is not a bad second baseman. He is an average second baseman defensively, and always has been. Nothing changed this year. Baseball reference has him as -3 in defensive runs saved for his career in 499 games at second base. That's about 4 full seasons as a second baseman. So he is costing his team one out over an entire season compared to the average MLB second baseman, not a replacement level bad fielder but an average fielding MLB second baseman.
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This was actually my idea. I wrote to the Twins manager and the pitching coach every year for 3 years saying the Twins should go to a 3-day rotation where every pitcher pitches about 60 pitches per start and you have two planned "starters" in each game, each pitching about 3 innings, and then the bullpen takes over the last 3 innings or so. So you have basically a 6-man rotation. Your best 6 pitchers will get more innings that way and be more effective. When athletes train, they do not go all out every 5th day and then take 4 easy days. They work out every other day or alternate hard days and easy days. It should be the same with pitchers. Pitch about 3 innings every third day or about two innings every other day.
