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  1. chpettit19
    But that would go against the idea of not having guys learn a new position on the fly in the bigs since Larnach has never played 1B in a professional game. I'm not arguing with you or anything. I'm mostly just trying to figure out a way to make this move make sense.
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    Royce has played 3B many times in his life. He played 3B in HS until his senior year. He played it in the AFL. He's played 109 professional innings at 3B. If the plan is to call him back up anytime soon an extra 27 innings or whatever he gets at AAA isn't going to be the difference maker. Which to me makes me think they don't plan to see him up again anytime soon. And that's my biggest problem with this. Him going down to learn LF is the only thing that makes sense to me since he only has 54 OF innings and those were all in CF (although he looked great there). So the plan seems to be putting him in AAA until somebody else gets hurt. That's not a winning plan to me. If Urshela goes down today do they move Miranda back across and let him continue to get sliced and diced by major league arms? If so I'd tip my cap to their dedication, but if the move would be to put Lewis over there he should be there today.
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    The answer to his playing time is that he takes over for the starter (like Urshela) who then moves to the bench. Lewis jumps to the top of the depth chart and everyone else moves down a spot, including someone to AAA.
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    Nice to see Gary heating up with the weather. They seem set on DHing him a ton so he needs to keep heating up.
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    There's no trades or DFA type moves that need to be made. Miranda needs to go down. Don't know anybody who would argue that. Garlick is a bad defender who only hits against lefties and has an option left. Those are 2 reasonable moves that could be made while putting Lewis at 3B to start over Urshela who has a great glove, but about a .600 OPS. There's no need to reduce any depth to keep Lewis in the majors.
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    Do you think that's the plan (comes back when they have to send out a pitcher at the end of the month) or do you expect an injury or something to open a spot?
  7. chpettit19
    The trade point was made as a proposition for clearing space for Lewis, which was on topic for this thread. We shouldn't have taken it any further than that here. Let's get back on point and that's Lewis being optioned back to AAA.
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    Winder is an MLB pitcher, Arraez is an MLB hitter, and Miranda is a top prospect. That's far more value than the Twins got for Berrios.
  9. chpettit19
    He played CF in the AFL and looked like he'd been doing it his whole life. You should go watch the highlights. They're fun. Nick Gordon figured the outfield out on the fly at the ML level and, no offense to Nick, Lewis is the better player so I'm not sure why he'd struggle greatly with that. He'd be a better LFer right now than Kyle Garlick or Brent Rooker or Trevor Larnach have been for the Twins.
  10. chpettit19
    If it takes another injury or a trade to get him back up if he's still mashing in AAA I'm going to turn into one of the people who start calling for heads, and I really don't like being that kind of person for the exact reason you mention (they have more info, and frankly, are smarter than me). But if he continues to hit in AAA there is no reason not to have him replace Urshela or anyone else not hitting for the Twins. Play your best players. Especially since they're past the service time cutoff anyways. I just don't get any strategy now that isn't playing your best players as often as they can play.
  11. chpettit19
    We certainly don't know. And I generally give them the benefit of the doubt cuz they have so much more info and know the bigger picture, but I don't follow the logic of sending down one of you top 4 players. For any reason. I just think you find a place to get your best players on the field.
  12. chpettit19
    I hope they aren't playing Urshela simply because they just traded for him a month and a half ago. If he isn't the better player (and it's hard to argue he is at this moment) then he shouldn't just automatically get to start because he was a recent acquisition. I'd bet his glove plays well at 1B, too. That'd give the Twins 4 guys who have started games at SS in the majors in their infield. That doesn't sound too bad. I hope anyone suggesting the FO didn't think things through are exaggerating their stance. But it's fair to question what the front office is weighing. I think you may be correct and part of why they're playing Urshela is because they traded for him thinking he could be the everyday 3B. I also think it's fair to question how cautious they're being with Lewis playing other positions. I don't really get what alternate reason they have for sending him down since he's past any service time concerns (unless they don't plan to bring him back basically at all this year and then they should be fired). I spent all offseason predicting Lewis would thrive from basically the jump. I can't imagine the FO knew how he was looking after 2020 and his rehab leading into ST and had no idea he was basically ready for the bigs, but maybe they were surprised by his immediate success. To me this all feels like they had a plan for how the season would go, then for what they'd do if Correa got hurt, and they simply aren't willing to adjust on the fly. Their plan was for Lewis to be in AAA basically the whole year other than to fill in for any Correa IL stints. They planned for Urshela to be the everyday 3B. They planned and planned and now I think we're seeing an example of their inability to adjust quickly. I think it's a weakness of this FO/brain trust (I think Rocco is highly involved as well). They hold onto their plans too long (Colome closing, Happ and Shoemaker starting for examples). I think that's what we're seeing and I don't think "this was the plan" is a good enough reason to send down one of their current best players.
  13. chpettit19
    They don't even need to DFA Garlick as he still has an option left. They can simply send him down.
  14. chpettit19
    Further prepare him for a return? What are they preparing for him to do on his return? Hit .408 instead of .308? Royce Lewis is a better baseball than Urshela, Gordon, Celestino, and Arraez today. Arguing that he shouldn't start over any of those players today is crazy to me. Arraez only plays against righties and his best defensive position without a doubt is DH. I don't care if Celestino and Gordon are the backup OFers because Lewis shouldn't be a backup. Maybe he falls apart like Larnach did last year and then this is a different discussion. But today he is the 4th best player the Twins have. And you're arguing it's hard to get him ABs over their 12th-14th best players and Arraez. Blows my mind. Play your best players. Not all that complicated to me.
  15. chpettit19
    Did you see Lewis play OF in the AFL? He is a better OFer than Garlick is right now.
  16. chpettit19
    The short end of a platoon over an everyday player is the argument you're making right now. Sorry, not sold.
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    I don't think it's a huge deal in the grand scheme. I think it sends a bad message, though. Not necessarily to players, but just in general. To me it feels like they had a plan and that's all there is to it. He was going to come up until Correa got back and he was going back. Didn't matter if he hit 1.000. As for playing everyday I don't buy that either. He could, and should, play everyday for the Twins. Buxton, Correa, Polanco, Lewis is how I'd rank the top 4 players in the Twins org right now. You play Lewis over Urshela. DH him over Sanchez or Jeffers. Play him over Gordon. Play him over Miranda. Play him over Garlick. There are everyday ABs available in the majors so sending him down to play everyday doesn't make sense to me. The offense has been horrible and he's one of the few guys doing well. They're in a stretch of games that they need to rack up wins in. Play your best players and dominate this stretch. If he starts struggling like Miranda adjust then. But right now he gives you a better chance to win. That's all that should matter.
  18. chpettit19
    He's not going to get them in AAA either as the plan is to play him all over the field to get him used to being a super utility guy for the rest of the season.
  19. chpettit19
    Your question isn't accurate. None of those players need to go anywhere. They can carry a max of 13 pitchers starting May 29th. They will carry 13 pitchers because they always do. Until then they're likely to carry 12 position players and 14 pitchers. 12 position players: (Garlick would be in for Larnach until he comes back) Byron Buxton Carlos Correa Jorge Polanco Luis Arraez Gio Urshela Gary Sanchez Ryan Jeffers Nick Gordon Gilberto Celestino Max Kepler Trevor Larnach Royce Lewis Then once they have to send a pitcher down on the 29th they can call Garlick back up. Or Miranda. Or Kirilloff. Or Godoy. Or Contreras. Or whoever in the world they want. But you can pose your Arraez, Urshela, Sanchez, Gordon, Celestino question all you want. None of them need to go anywhere in order to keep Lewis. As I've now said 3 times Kyle Galick, who is an awful defender and only hits against lefties, is the guy I would send down.
  20. chpettit19
    Kyle Garlick. As I mentioned and you again ignored. But why wouldn't a pitcher be an option? With Bundy back they appear to be putting Winder back in the long relief role. Ober is coming back before Larnach. So they'll have plenty of pitchers. Why wouldn't that be an option? And, yes, I'm focused on keeping the best players in the majors. Why would anything else be the focus?
  21. chpettit19
    The options? Isn't sending Miranda down now instead of "soon" an option? Isn't Lewis learning 1B on the fly like they're having Arraez do an option? Or putting Kepler there since he's played 1B before. Isn't sending a pitcher down when Larnach is ready to come back an option? Isn't Buxton, Polanco, Correa, Lewis, Arraez, Larnach, Kepler, Celestino, Urshela, Jeffers, Sanchez, Gordon, Garlick as your top 13 an option? Or if you really don't want to send an arm down before the 29th isn't sending Garlick down when Larnach comes back an option? I notice you left the no defense, short side of a platoon bat out of your list of possible roster moves.
  22. chpettit19
    So send him down before he has the chance to be bad? He's not currently bad so that doesn't make much sense. Nobody is saying he's guaranteed to be great for the rest of his career, but currently he's one of the 3 or 4 best players on the team while they have another top prospect who is currently bad that they left on the team. Why wouldn't playing time in the bigs be guaranteed now? He's one of your best players. Buxton is sitting or DHing multiple games a series. Gordon isn't lighting up scoreboards. Urshella isn't either. Arraez doesn't hit against lefties. They've been DHing their catchers. There are plenty of ABs available on a team that isn't scoring many runs at all for one of the few guys that are hitting at the moment.
  23. chpettit19
    Why not send Miranda down now and wait until you actually know when Larnach is coming back before you send the better player down? What if Larnach isn't ready to come back until May 27th? That's 2 days before they need to jettison a pitcher. At that point wouldn't you jettison the pitcher on the 27th and not have to send Lewis down at all? I don't understand the rationale at all. Lewis is better than Miranda right now. There's no question about that. Why send down the better player? I fail to see that rationale.
  24. chpettit19
    Sounds like the plan is for Royce to bounce around the field in AAA before being recalled as a super-utility guy. Hate it. Don't get the need to send him down for a month or whatever for that. The kid stepped into 3B and CF with no previous experience there in the AFL and more than held his own. He's one of your 9 best players in the organization. Put him on the major league field and let him be an athlete.
  25. chpettit19
    This is a fun idea. 1) Where do you follow the Twins from? Twin Cities suburbs 2) What's your jobby job? Sales analyst for a distribution/ecommerce company, then I do some part time work on the side for a couple baseball analytics/stats companies 3) How 'bout hobbies? Researching things so I can be the best annoying know-it-all possible, going to the theater, debating sports, watching sports, pretending I can still play sports 4) How long have you followed the Twins? my whole life (37 years) 5) How many games do you attend a season? 20-30 usually 6) Who is your favorite all-time Twin? Johan Santana 7) Who is your current favorite Twin? I'd like to say Arraez, but it's probably Buxton 8 )What is the coolest/craziest/most absurd/etc thing you've seen in person at a Twins game? Byung-Ho Park hitting a bomb into the restaurant in CF.Game 163 walk-off 9) What is the most memorable thing you've seen in person at a Twins game? Game 163 walk-off 10) What is your favorite all-time Twins moment? '91 WS. Was barely old enough to remember it and will likely always be my favorite "moment."
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