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Can the Twins (realistically) make a trade for Nelson Cruz?

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1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

Completely, totally, utterly wrong.

 

At the end of the day, RBI are the single most valuable contribution a player can make on offense.

 

Sometimes not predictive, sure.

 

But when evaluating performance in terms of contributions towards winning, nothing a player did was more valuable. Nothing. 

Surrrrreeee... because Players control when other players are on base, right? It's just guys like Luis Arraez never told anybody to start the first inning on second base as if it were the start of the 10th.

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I don't think it makes any sense to even try to bring Nelson back. There just isn't a need for him now at all. 

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Jose Miranda for the Month of June .313 / .353 / .531 (.884 OPS) got it covered.

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Right now Ushela is the primary 3rd baseman so he can't play there.  Polanco is back and he and Arraez will cover 2nd base.  Arraez and Kirilloff are covering 1st base.  Where exactly are they going t

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6 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Surrrrreeee... because Players control when other players are on base, right? It's just guys like Luis Arraez never told anybody to start the first inning on second base as if it were the start of the 10th.

No, the player with the bat controls whether or not those on base score, simple as that.

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