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Article: Who's the Fourth Outfielder?
Regular Sized Rudy replied to TwinsTakes-RD's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I don't think Austin is good enough defensively to make the team as the team's sole fourth outfielder. -
I'm fine with that because Perez, Moya, Vasquez, Romero, and Hildenberger's individual performances will dictate how much we end up seeing any of those guys this year. We will probably see Perez more at the beginning of the year but that doesn't mean we won't end up seeing any of those other guys pitching more games than Perez by the time the season is over.
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But Cron, Parker, and Schoop would be making the major league roster even if they had options because they are better and more major-league ready than the minor league guys we have waiting in the wings.
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Ahh okay I misread that. Well I'm sure everybody has differing opinions on the guys at the end of the 40-man, but I have no problem with them replacing a guy like Duffey or Granite with Perez.
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I would argue that they gain roster flexibility with this move in that they gain another guy to decide from for the 5th spot. Sure he has a leg up on the competition right now, but $3.5 million is such a small amount of money that the Twins would probably fine cutting bait with him around June if he isn't performing. When you say that someone with options on the 40 man is going to lose their spot, that's only for the beginning of the year. Injuries and bad performance are going to happen, possibly even in Spring Training, and the guys on the 40 man with options will end up getting their chances. The Cron, Schoop, and Parker moves aren't losing the team roster flexibility either. We currently don't have minor league guys that are ready to step into those spots anyways.
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Fair point, yes. And they could always have signed Allen AND Perez.
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Cody Allen signed for over double what we paid for Perez. In terms of big fish pitchers remaining in FA, this move doesn't handicap our ability to sign Kimbrel or Keuchel, if we so choose to go after those guys. This move also doesn't prohibit us for trading for a big money reliever if they choose to go that route.
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This is a lot of outrage for such a low-risk move. As mentioned before by several people, I assume the FO has identified something in Perez and think they can get better performance out of him than he's shown in the past. He seems like one of these classic "introduce a cutter and he's good" pitchers a la Anibal Sanchez and Wade Miley. And if he doesn't work out, we still have several 5th starter depth options that will be ready to step in if we move him to the bullpen or cut him. Guys like Gonsalves, Stewart, Romero, Littell, etc. will not be hurt by spending additional time in AAA. Likewise with Mejia and the bullpen. And last but not least, this measly $3.5 million contract in no way prevents the Twins from chasing some of the big free agency fish still left.
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But.... the thing is, adding an Ottavino-type reliever or two would have moved the needle. Every single one of the middle- to upper-tier relievers that were available this offseason have track records and/or recent performances better than most of the Twins' current relievers. And none of those relievers ended up signing contracts that would prove to be a bad investment for the Twins with the incredibly flexible payroll situation they find themselves in. Obviously, though, there is still some offseason left for them to make some moves.
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