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Originally Posted by eye4talent
Eh… Miranda looks like he’s rounding into a bopper. But otherwise, I don’t really see a compelling reason to keep Kirilloff in Triple-A at this point. Larnach is decent, but not amazing… They don’t have a full-time DH…
They were going to figure out how to get Lewis in the lineup before the unfortunate wall incident. It’s probably time to do the same for Kirilloff.
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I mean Miranda in his last 15 games has an OPS of 1.053, which is better then Kirilloff’s AAA stats and Miranda’s stats are on the majors
Larnach has been very good, OPS around .800 and has one of the highest WARs on the team. Add in the fact he’s actually profiling as an above average defensive LF with a plus arm, that’s not someone you just take out of the lineup
Yes Kirilloff looks great in AAA but benching Larnach just because of Kirilloff’s prospect status/name would be a dumb decision
Kirilloff should probably be up so he can DH versus righties plus get spot starts, but the comparison to Royce is different because Royce could play 6 positions in the field, Kirilloff can only play 3. And those 3 are arguably some of the strongest and deepest positions on the twins
I mean look at the current active roster for hitters, there’s no one you’d send down for Kirilloff right now. Celestino is needed because he’s also hitting extremely well and plays fantastic CF defense. Obviously you need a backup catcher in Jeffers. Miranda is mashing. And Gordon is fine but without Royce now, you need Gordon to have an adequate backup SS/utility player. Plus Gordon is out of options and you’d lose him on waivers. He fills a vital role with Royce gone
I expect them to call Kirilloff when their SPs get healthy, because once their starters are healthy, they can send down a bullpen arm to go with a slightly smaller bullpen. But when you have to roll out Bundy and Chi Chi every couple of days, you need a deeper bullpen
06-12-2022, 07:01 AM
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