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Chris Kujawa
In an absolute worst case scenario Granderson can play CF with Cespedes in LF and Conforto in RF. Or Conforto could be sent down (if he struggles) with Legares in CF and Cespedes in LF. Either way it’s basically a 1 year deal so not nearly as much risk as the other deals mentioned.
davidcoonce74
Hmm…not really sure if Granderson can play center anymore. He can’t really throw at all and his range isn’t good. Because, you know, he got old. Why not just put Lagares in every time the Mets get a lead in the late innings – do the old Earl Weaver thing.
terryg
Meyers is moving to 1st so they may actually keep Jabari Blash?
mookiessnarl
Good call on Sano. Whenever possible, avoid making young potential superstars switch positions in the majors. If you want them to switch, it’s best done in the minors. Or just move Plouffe. He’s a major leaguer and you don’t have to worry about messing up his head if he doesn’t do well. Kids breaking into the majors have enough to learn without having to pick up a new position too. Betts did it, but I wouldn’t be so quick to do it to someone else.
Backatitagain
Best approach for Minnesota is to trade Miguel Sano for a proven great hitting solid defensive outfielder. I believe the the Twins could move Sano to the Braves for Ender Inciarte and a mid level pitching prospect like Ryan Weber, Zachery Bird or Daniel Winkler.
jd396
No way. Sano is way too good to barter around for defensive convenience. This is 100% because we have too many 1B/3B/DH types and they think Sano even for his size is athletic enough to learn the OF (he was a SS initially). No one should perceive this as an outfield depth problem for the Twins — to repeat, the Twins do NOT have a lack of outfield depth! That is why Hicks got traded for Murphy. Moving Sano to the OF is already going to be problematic as it will be difficult to keep Arcia on the roster and he’s out of options. Rosario and Buxton will probably be starting at the beginning of the year. Santana can play out there. Kepler will be in AAA for the time being but he’s worked his way up the depth charts. There’s Walker down there as well, he has work to do before he’ll be a factor in the majors but he’s working his way into the picture. Eduardos Nunez and Escobar can fill in out there on a backup basis as well.
It makes ZERO sense to trade a hitter of Sano’s talent for an outfielder.
Twins_guyTJZ
What the heck are you talking about???? There’s no way on earth the Twins are trading Sano! He has some of the biggest power in the game. Only Kris Bryant and Joey Gallo were rated to have better power than him in all of the minor leagues. Sano is a freaking stud and moving him would a horrendous decision. And that package you suggested is not even HALF of what Sano is worth. I’m guessing you’re either a Braves fan or just saying that crap to get attention or to mess around or you’re all of that.
jd396
I don’t think the trade-him-for-Inciarte crowd gets exactly how good he is.
TwinsVet
There is no “Sano for Incarte crowd”. It’s just trademeister repeatedly floating the proposal in hopes it gains traction.
It hasn’t, and it won’t – for all the obvious reasons others have cited. Such a proposition should clearly be disregarded as trolling.
OnlyRaysFan
Sano is too good of a bat to trade for someone like Inciarte…. Also you said they should trade him for a great hitting solid defensively outfielder…that’s not Inciarte
TwinsVet
Only if the Twins can throw in Berrios and Buxton for a PTBNL.
gijoelm
Cespedes was absolutely NOT nightmarish in CF. you are overreacting to one nightmarish PLAY.
JT19
I think it actually refers to his defensive metrics. Yeah the guy has a great arm that makes him look like a stud, but even when he played LF he was knocked at times for running bad routes to the ball. The best example is that throw from the LF wall when he was playing for Oakland against the Angels when he threw someone out at home (Kendrick I think?). While it was a great throw he made, that throw would’ve never happened if he ran the correct route and cut the ball off at the correct spot.
Running bad routes is a little more allowable in the corners because the ball will either be slowed by the side wall or stopped by the CF. CFs are expected to cover a lot of ground and make up for the miscues of the other OFs. If the guy can’t run correct routes in the corners, bad routes will hurt the team more in CF.
ThorsHammer34
I actually think Granderson will fare better in center field than Cespedes, and I’m not sure why no one’s saying so. He’s experienced there and his skill set — good range, bad arm — play better there while Cespedes’ — good arm, bad range — play better in right.
ThorsHammer34
I actually think Granderson will fare better in center than Cespedes and I’m not sure why no one’s saying so. He has experience there and his skill set — good range, bad arm — field better in center than Cespedes’ (good arm, bad range), which is better for right field. I’d flip the two.
twinswild16
Have to disagree on the Sano take. Although he is 260lbs he is actually a better athlete than Plouffe and has a better arm. The Twins tried Plouffle in the OF briefly with poor results. Plus Plouffe has turned himself into a better than average 3B. Twins would be hurting themselves defensively at two positions by putting Sano at third and Plouffe in OF. Finally, this is only a short term move. Sano will be a corner infielder within a year or two once they let Plouffe go.
lynnm406
There are probably more outfielders with hamstring injuries than third basemen. Since Sano fought with his hamstring last year, protect him a little and play him at third base. Stick the rally killer Plouffe in the outfield as he can’t run anyway and he will be healthy and so will Sano…