One factor Gleeman argues may precipitate a Rosario trade is the rise of several Twins top prospects, including first-round picks Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach and second-rounder Brent Rooker. ![]() Where Rosario has shined in the outfield is his arm, as he recorded eight outfield assists, including a key game-ending throw in Boston. His Ultimate Zone Rating was also a career low 5.6 runs below the average outfielder. In 2019, Rosario recorded career lows in outs above average (minus-17) and sprint speed (27.1 MPH), both of which place him outside the top 200 MLB players last year. Rosario did increase his average exit velocity (89.1 MPH) and barrels (41) to career highs, butĪs may not have been suggested by the eye test, Rosario’s defense has also steadily declined in recent seasons. But his OPS still ranked only seventh among those same ten Twins - not idea for the man batting fourth in the lineup. 500 last year, fifth among qualifying Twins, and hit 32 home runs out of the cleanup spot. The tradeoff to Rosario’s low OBP is his power. While Rosario lowered his strikeouts in 2019, his 86 K’s a career low, he still demonstrated his lack of plate discipline by taking just 22 walks, nearly a K/BB ratio of 4. 300 OBP was the lowest of the ten Twins to average at least two plate appearances per game. 300, a number which has declined each of the past two seasons but has never been high, his career high OBP being. In 2019, Rosario’s on-base percentage was just. Rosario’s main offensive weakness is his lack of plate discipline. ![]() Instead of making a case directly for or against a Rosario trade, I’ll lay out the evidence here and present my conclusion at the end. While the idea may seem absurd initially due to Rosario’s youth, power, and success as a homegrown Twin, Gleeman lays out a solid case mostly centered on statistical decline and cheap potential replacements. This would be no more than a poignant end to a rising young player’s season were it not for an Aaron Gleeman article (behind a paywall) last week, in which he laid out the case for the Twins to trade Rosario in pursuit of quality starting pitching. One inning earlier, Rosario had socked a solo bomba for the Twins’ only run in Game 3 of the ALDS. Eddie Rosario watched his 2019 season end from the on-deck circle, a Nelson Cruz strikeout knocking the Minnesota Twins out of the playoffs.
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