Twins Opening Day Lineup

I wouldn’t have done things this way. I would have tried for Canha or J.D. Davis or even Binentendi. but the FO didn’t do that.

My opening day lineup breaks with the current conventional thinking but I honestly think the Twins will be better this way. That means Kepler moving to 4th OF and Sano a man without a position.

Here’s how I’d start:

LF Martin - I think Martin is ready and could hit .300 with a lot of doubles. 2nd would be Gordon as I think he will hit better than in 2021 and can steal bases at will, which would help the Twins have more ways to score, especially if Buxton is also stealing bases at will I think Martin could swipe a decent amount of bases as well. 3rd is Larnach and I do still think he’ll be a future star but when last we checked, he was overmatched in the majors and AAA both.

CF Buxton

RF Kirilloff

3B Urshela

SS Correa

2B Polanco

1b Miranda

C Sanchez/Jeffers

DH Conforto//Beckham/Sano/Martin/Gordon

I think Beckham has earned a job.

The rotation would be Gray, Bundy, Ober, Ryan, Winder.

Note: I’m not at all satisfied with that rotation. It’s basically one proven starter and 4 "I hope they pitch up to their ceiling but truly they are question masks"

I would still try to sign for Cueto and maybe send 6 years of Sands for 1 year of Manea.