Phil Riewer
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ORIGINAL: Mister Ed Could have Miranda work at first base Santana may help, and I suspect he will, but why not Miranda at first vs lefties? OR better yet, work with Kirilloff so he's actually effective vs lefties? Coach guys up. Kiriloff doesn't hit lefties well. That being said, he can't get better at hitting against lefties if he never gets to hit against lefties. There was a game last year right around when Kiriloff got called up. In his first three at bats the guy had 2 HRs and a double...and Rocco in is normal analytics induced stupor, pulled him for a pinch hitter. It's why I'd be more than ok if Rocco were to suddenly not be here anymore. Wallner was the guy sent down. We don't even know that Kirilloff can't hit lefties. In parts of 3 injury plagued seasons he has a whopping total of 157 plate appearances against left handed pitching. Through a good portion of that he was playing through chronic injuries. As far as Margot, he is Michael Taylor without the defense. Taylor career OPS is .683. Margot career OPS .694. I've seen enough of Austin Martin to know they guy runs like a deer and run down bullet hit to the gap with his back to the ball and make it look easy. After a season where the Twins succeeded in large part due to rookie contributions from Wallner, Julien and Lewis in the every day lineup, they couldn't at least take a good look at Martin as a bench player. They could have made this deal any time. Why not take a good at the guy in house first? Someone mentioned it and it makes a lot of sense.....Rocco doesn't like small ball. They have a select few that they allow to do it (Castro for one) and Martin is a small ball guy who doesn't currently have Taylor/Margot power. Santana also has more RH power than Miranda. Main reason why I thought Miranda and Martin where going to be packaged for Burnes or a better Seattle starter....
< Message edited by Phil Riewer -- 2/27/2024 10:38:19 AM >
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