I was looking at the Twins 25 and 40 man roster on the team website and I find it curious that Sano is not listed as a third baseman anymore but instead as a DH. I know defense is not his strong point.

Do the new front office dudes not plan to play him in the field anymore but just as a DH? Are they planning to keep Plouffe around another year?

I meant not listed as an infielder. 

 

I meant not listed as an infielder. 

 

Good question, but I'd not worry too much about reading too much....

These are updated by Rhett Bollinger. Chances are, he just hasn't done an offseason update.

He's on the recent updated depth chart behind Plouffe:

 

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/team/depth_chart/?c_id=min

It is interesting - below is the link if others want to see.

 

http://m.twins.mlb.com/min/roster/40-man/

Is another team's 20th best prospect a major league player?   The Phillies and the Rays would appear to have number issues.

http://m.twins.mlb.com/news/article/208914172/prospects-added-to-40-man-or-exposed-to-rule-5/

 

It is interesting - below is the link if others want to see.

 

http://m.twins.mlb.com/min/roster/40-man/

 

Like I said, he just hasn't been moved over. If the season were to start today, Plouffe would probably start at third and Sano at DH. This is much ado about nothing.

Sano was listed as a DH most of last season, too, IIRC. 

 

Bollinger, eh? Now we know who the prankster is.

 

btw, Grossman listed as outfielder. So, yeah.

No need to read anything into it.  That is from before the new FO, and the website is hopefully a pretty low priority now...

Just give him a bat, I do not care about anything else.  I am fine with him at DH.  What we do with Park, Vargas, Walker...that's more of a mystery.

The online depth chart doesn't mean anything but where they plan on playing Sano next season is the single most important question that needs to be addressed before an offseason plan can be done. I (and almost everyone else) will make plans assuming Sano is at 3B but I have a feeling that isn't as set in stone as we want.

 

Like I said, he just hasn't been moved over. If the season were to start today, Plouffe would probably start at third and Sano at DH. This is much ado about nothing.

 

Yeah, it's interesting but not important. I probably should have included that in my post.