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*shrug* I don't think carrying a roster-spot for someone to hit .730 OPS just against lefties and just to play 3B (poorly) makes sense. Kreidler can’t hit, obviously. Nobody is arguing otherwise. The point is that he actually solves a real roster problem right now. Wagaman doesn’t. “Maybe he can fake a platoon at third because he’s been less bad vs lefties” is not much of a role.
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I agree that this is more interesting than it appears on the surface. Do the Twins use this as an opportunity to give Brooks more play at 3B? Do they give Kreidler a chance to show he's anything better than Outman? My guess is Royce is probably out through April, which is about 20 games. That's a not-insignificant window.
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If you’re a bench bat, you need to either really hit or have some carrying tool that makes the roster fit. Wagaman is a pretty awful third baseman defensively, he can't run, and he has a career wRC+ OF 85. Kreidler may be ugly on a bench with Outman, but at least he gives you real defensive utility at positions where the Twins actually need coverage right now. I’m not calling him good. I’m saying he has a clearer functional use than Wagaman does. I really don't know what we are keeping Wagaman for, other than we have basically awful 1B options all around.
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Wagaman is nothing. The Reds DFA'd Christian Encarnacion and I'm hoping the Twins will snag him. Wagaman has no real functional upside and is a super marginal 40-man guy. Kreidler at least offers defensive versatility
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It's also his second forearm strain. He had one last year too.
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Arcia would require a 40-man roster move.
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The Twins are 5-0 when Eric Orze pitches and 2-7 when he doesn't. Just saying.
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James Outman benefits by being able to play center, but at a certain point he needs to show that he can literally do anything on offense. Brooks Lee has a longer leash, I'd bet, but Outman doesn't necessitate that.
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Eric Orze is playing so well, Derek Falvey might trade him to Tampa for a starting pitcher!
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We quite posisbly have gone from 'vaguely bad' to 'distinctly mediocre' Progress!
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I think Derek Falvey uno-reversed the Tampa Bay Rays.
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A tiny bit hyperbolic through 10 games.........But I get that's where everyone is right now. I think we are likely looking at a battle between atrocious and 'just bad', especially on the left side. I also agree there likely aren't any obvious solutions that don't have other tradeoffs at the moment. The difference between this season being bad or mediocre is probably figuring out one of the bullpen or the defense. I have more optimism in the bullpen, when I'm feeling optimistic.
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It feels weird to be 4-6 and think "I'm not sure we're this good"
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At this point I genuinely wonder if Prielipp might be the next guy up if they need another rotation arm.
