tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post4106671153302049542..comments2024-02-19T07:12:32.248-06:00Comments on Baseball Outsider: Outfield alignmentsEdward Thomahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769979703606661737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-64291691529903921922015-09-06T23:47:27.240-05:002015-09-06T23:47:27.240-05:00Arcia? Never my choice for OF instead of Hicks or...Arcia? Never my choice for OF instead of Hicks or Rosario. You may as well have Delmon Young.<br /><br />He has a hard shell. If he learns to take what a pitcher gives him instead of trying to do the impossible, then he is a DH /PH and a occasional replacement player. <br /><br />Or, traded. But he needs an attitude adjustment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195084204316698108.post-89975259596620146882015-09-05T11:31:48.732-05:002015-09-05T11:31:48.732-05:00I agree largely with your post. As good as Sano i...I agree largely with your post. As good as Sano is and will be, I am just waiting for things to come together for Buxton. I expect him to make himself the centerpiece of this team, even if takes a year or more for that to happen. Whether he should be playing everyday right now, is debatable but he will hopefully be out there more often than Hunter, who should probably be restricted to DH duties and not much of those. <br /><br />I wonder if an outfield of Hicks, Rosario and Buxton will actually be the long term answer for the Twins. I expect either Rosario or Hicks to be traded eventually, and somebody out of the group of Kepler, Walker, Arcia, and Harrison to eventually emerge as the 3rd outfielder. That will likely take awhile, however.<br /><br />What is interesting about this team and many of its prospects, is that there is a fair amount of versatility among them. They could be combined in several different ways, with one or more shifting among positions, sort of like Zobrist did for the Rays. I tend to think that having a clear position and doing no more platooning and shifting among positions than absolutely necessary, is usually best for young players. That might not be possible with this group. It should be interesting to see how all it works out over the next couple of years.Jim Hnoreply@blogger.com