Was thinking about this last night as I was debating, in my mind, the path forward with Julien & Kirilloff both basically bat mostly left handed hitters probably best suited to playing first base. In Ed we trust.
Twins will make a number of moves at the deadline which will receive near universal praise from the local media and fans. One or more of those moves will not pan out and the team will be ripped by the same fans and media that initially praises the moves. Twins deadline primer 101.
Fairchild is interesting. .885 OPS vs. Lefties in the minors but Senzel is nearly 1.000 in the big leagues and has brings 1200 big league plate appearances to the table. Fairchild not so many.
Nick Senzel can play a solid CF and the corners in both the IF and OF, hits the snot out of left handed pitching AND might be expendable in Cincy in large part to a couple Twins farm hands emerging.....
Not really an issue. Julien is not really a second baseman. Polanco plays second 4-5 days a week. Julien plays there 1-2 days, plays 1B one day, 3B one day and DH once in a while.
The folks that run the local baseball club don't seem to like acknowledging anything about "heart" either. Emotion has little to do with it. It's more about doing things on the baseball field that can't be measured by the almighty metrics. Getting big hits in big situations, coming thru when the count is not in your favor. Having a willingness to sacrifice their body if it means a win for the team. Putting the success of the team above all else. Leadership on and off the field. Expects perfection of himself at every moment. If our guys play like that we whine because they might get hurt. Correa is only one guy. This team is ONE game under .500. I can only imagine where they'd be without Correa.