2025 Player Outlook
Miranda's .284 average last year was the best of his career, and he continues to have a solid feel of the strike zone, as highlighted by his strikeout rate that has dropped each of the last two seasons. His ground ball rate was sub-40 percent for the first time in his career, and prior to the All-Star break, he hit nine home runs in 255 ABs, while hitting .325 with a .522 SLG. The wheels came off after the All-Star Break, as he served two separate stints on the IL for a back issue, so there's reason that even when he wasn't on the IL, he was playing hurt. Miranda doesn't carry the prototypical power of a corner infielder, especially in fantasy, but he should hit for a good average (.265+) and end up with 12-16 long balls. Better suited for leagues that value batting average compared to OBP.
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Jose Miranda is dealing with a left hand strain.
The Athletic’s Dan Hayes reports Miranda hurt his hand earlier this week when he dropped a case of water while shopping at Target. It’s one of the more bizarre injuries you’re going to see all season. The problem here is that the Twins are dealing with several injuries at the big-league level and Miranda won’t be an option to replace them.
Twins optioned 3B Jose Miranda to Triple-A St. Paul.
It’s official. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli is attempting to shake things up after the club’s disastrous 4-11 start to the season. It’s a bit unfair to label Miranda as a scapegoat here since he’s batting .167 with one homers in 12 games and committed a calamitous baserunning error during Saturday’s loss. It’ll be Brooks Lee (back) coming off the injured list to take Miranda’s spot on Minnesota’s roster.
The Athletic’s Aaron Gleeman reports the Twins are optioning Jose Miranda to Triple-A St. Paul.
The Twins are apparently ready to make a change at the hot corner after Miranda committed a costly mistake on the basepaths during Saturday’s loss to the Tigers, which dropped Minnesota to 4-11 overall on the young season. Miranda was hitting .167 with one homer and five RBI through 12 games. It’ll be Brooks Lee (back) coming off the injured list to take his roster spot ahead of Sunday’s game.
Jose Miranda singled in his lone at-bat off the bench Saturday, only to be erased on a baserunning blunder afterwards.
As much as the Twins are struggling at the moment, the blunder will likely be remembered. After Miranda’s single, Christian Vázquez hit an easy grounder to first that Spencer Torkelson handled and threw to second on. Miranda should have been retired easily, except that Colt Keith was in front of the bag and failed to find it with his back foot. The umpire correctly called Miranda safe, but Miranda assumed he was out and started to return to the dugout, allowing Keith to tag him. It probably didn’t decide the outcome in a 4-0 loss, but it was a bad look from a player hitting just .167/.167/.250 in 36 plate appearances. Miranda, who has started only one of the last four games, is a candidate to be sent down when Brooks Lee returns.
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