Twins Minor League Report (5/19): Kernels Krush, Larnach and Lewis Launch

[ashbury]

It's not like Lewis is being converted from linebacker or power forward to third base.  He'll pick up the nuances just fine.  Left field if they do that, ditto.  A few weeks at AAA again, to clean up whatever list of things I bet they gave him to work on, and he'll be back up to stay.  Miranda is the one who should be worried, having muffed his chance when either 3B or 1B was there for the taking - it may not be so easy later in the season to find playing time in the majors if he belatedly proves he's "ready".

[jmlease1]

14 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

I don't expect him to continue to keep hitting like he did. I expect him to have struggles when the pitchers adjust. Then he needs to figure out how to adjust back. That's the life of a major league hitter. He can't do that in AAA. He needs to learn to adjust to major league pitchers and how they get him out. Sending him down because he's going to have struggles in the future isn't to his benefit it's to his detriment. 

So you expect him back up in the next 4 weeks or so? If he played half his games at 3B during that time it'd be "like 12 games" at 3B (3 games a week for 4 weeks). So 12 games matters now, but 12 previous games don't? Why are we acting like the kid forgot how to play baseball and hasn't swung a bat or fielded a grounder in 2 years. He played baseball that first season. It's where he adjusted his swing and made strides in his fielding. His rehab from surgery included playing baseball. He's been playing for months now and succeeding. People may have expected him to start slow, but he didn't. He's playing well. Bringing up 2 missed years as a reason why he can't play now even though he's currently playing well blows my mind.

If you think there's no difference between 12 games now and 12 games 2 years ago with no pro games at all and a major in between, then I guess I can't help you.

[chpettit19]

3 hours ago, jmlease1 said:

If you think there's no difference between 12 games now and 12 games 2 years ago with no pro games at all and a major in between, then I guess I can't help you.

When it comes to knowing how to play 3B? Did he forget? Are grounders different now? Is the throw further now? Again, quit acting like he forgot how to play baseball or field a grounder. 3B is not so complicated that he needs 12 games of experience now to be able to play it. That's my problem with all of this. People are acting like he didn't play any baseball for 2 years and simply forgot how to do it.