That's it? Garlick is our RH roll fill OF?

[DocBauer]

Really, really disappointed to see Myers signed today. His deal was, IIRC, less than $8M with some incentives and options. VERY affordable deal!

It still appears Kepler will be moved to make room for a hopeful resurgence of Gallo and the remaining glut...though a talented glut...of other LH options.

But who's the RH option? Garlick is what they're willing to roll with?

Honestly, who's left?

Maybe I'm missing someone, but the only options I see left are Pollack or Profar. I have to be honest, I haven't had time to look at Profar's splits, as I wasn't sure he was the right fit, and it was reported Houston was hot on his trail.

I know a lot of people aren't high on AJ Pollack, but he might make sense. Even with a down 2022, he wasn't awful. And he was still good against LH pitching. He's also not the defender he once was, but could cover the corners and slide in to CF in a pinch here and there, even though I think Gordon would probably be the #1 backup to give Buxton a day off.

The roster SHOULD be constructed so that Celestino can spend some valuable time at AAA, where he's barely played, to get his bat going and smooth out some rough edges in his overall game. He's been pushed 2yrs in a row to the ML level when he wasn't fully ready. 

If not Pollack...who never should have turned down his 1yr player option...on a 1yr with the Twins, maybe with an option, then who? The Twins SHOULD have been looking for someone better than Garlick to fill this role.

Am I missing someone else?

[CRF]

I'd take just about anyone instead of Garlick. 

[chpettit19]

If they're fine using a roster spot on a lefty mashing, bad defender corner outfielder then Garlick is about as good as it gets. I really hope they're not willing to use a roster spot on that profile, though. If they were more willing to put Garlick down at the bottom of the order so he's not sitting in the heart of the order once the righty relievers start marching to the mound I'd be less upset about it.

I don't know that I loved Myers as a real upgrade, but I don't like Garlick, or his profile, taking up a roster spot either. If they don't let him face righties then stick with Garlick. But I mean never. Like literally 0 PAs verse righties. But that's not the case so I hope they find a better option to use that 26th roster spot on.

I wish I had any reasonable ideas on possibilities, though. I think our best hope is Larnach, Kirilloff, and Wallner all start hot, and are worthy of MLB roster spots. Then either Martin starts the year on fire in AAA or Lewis is back as soon as possible and Garlick is the guy sent packing. I think they're happy with Garlick, though. And it makes me sad.

[DocBauer]

To be fair, I did forget to include Mancini as a 1B, OK OF who's probably, almost certainly,  better as a hitter thank Garlick and about the same defensively in the OF.

[Doctor Gast]

Will Meyers made much more sense than Gallo that made zero sense. Yet how many times will Twins batters face LHPs? Maybe 8% of the time. Garlic doesn't deserve a spot on the 40 man, but when we come against a team with a slough of LHPs we can bring him up.

Meyers would have improved upon our problem against LHPs. But our biggest problem is to find a SS that can hit RHPs which we'll face about 92% of the time.

[Major League Ready]

12 hours ago, chpettit19 said:

If they're fine using a roster spot on a lefty mashing, bad defender corner outfielder then Garlick is about as good as it gets. I really hope they're not willing to use a roster spot on that profile, though. If they were more willing to put Garlick down at the bottom of the order so he's not sitting in the heart of the order once the righty relievers start marching to the mound I'd be less upset about it.

I don't know that I loved Myers as a real upgrade, but I don't like Garlick, or his profile, taking up a roster spot either. If they don't let him face righties then stick with Garlick. But I mean never. Like literally 0 PAs verse righties. But that's not the case so I hope they find a better option to use that 26th roster spot on.

I wish I had any reasonable ideas on possibilities, though. I think our best hope is Larnach, Kirilloff, and Wallner all start hot, and are worthy of MLB roster spots. Then either Martin starts the year on fire in AAA or Lewis is back as soon as possible and Garlick is the guy sent packing. I think they're happy with Garlick, though. And it makes me sad.

You make a good point about the roster spot.  Garlick has an option left.  Bringing in a free agent does not provide the flexibility of optioning them.  Larnach in Left, Gallo in right, Buxton in center.  The have Gordon to back up those spots and they can also give martin a shot because Garlick has 1 more option year.  So, they are not taking a roster spot in the context you are pointing out.

[Major League Ready]

1 hour ago, Doctor Gast said:

Will Meyers made much more sense than Gallo that made zero sense. Yet how many times will Twins batters face LHPs? Maybe 8% of the time. Garlic doesn't deserve a spot on the 40 man, but when we come against a team with a slough of LHPs we can bring him up.

Meyers would have improved upon our problem against LHPs. But our biggest problem is to find a SS that can hit RHPs which we'll face about 92% of the time.

Austin Martin? 

[Doctor Gast]

3 hours ago, Major League Ready said:

Austin Martin? 

There you go, I forgot about him. He can make it up to the MLB before we know it. But he's still  behind Celestino as far as develop goes.

[Major League Ready]

1 hour ago, Doctor Gast said:

There you go, I forgot about him. He can make it up to the MLB before we know it. But he's still  behind Celestino as far as develop goes.

I doubt he is ready.  Thus, the question mark.  I could see them starting with Farmer but giving Martin a shot quickly if he does well to start the season.  I would really like to see him step-up.  Obviously, Martin stepping up would be great for the team, but he should be exciting to watch.  

[Mike Sixel]

4 hours ago, Major League Ready said:

You make a good point about the roster spot.  Garlick has an option left.  Bringing in a free agent does not provide the flexibility of optioning them.  Larnach in Left, Gallo in right, Buxton in center.  The have Gordon to back up those spots and they can also give martin a shot because Garlick has 1 more option year.  So, they are not taking a roster spot in the context you are pointing out.

The option and roster spot are vastly under valued on this board. They aren't a backup RH OF away.......

Also, I know I said this last year, but I think Martin is your LF/ backup CF at some point this year.