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Miranda

Miranda wouldn’t seem to have much of a chance of making the Padres after the additions of Miguel Andujar and Nick Castellanos, but what if he keeps this up? Prior to a disastrous 2025 that saw him bat just .195 in Triple-A, the 27-year-old Miranda was a reasonably productive hitter for the Twins in both 2022 and ’24. If he’s recovered from that, he’s really not much different from Andujar as a player. Still, it’s going to take more than two games, of course.

Miranda took Alex Hoppe deep to tie the game at 3-3 in the seventh inning. The Padres signed Miranda as a non-roster invite in December, and while he has an uphill battle ot make the team, it’s worth noting that he isn’t far removed from MLB success. Obviously, he’d need to win an everyday job before fantasy managers would need to even consider Miranda for 2026.

The 27-year-old elected free agency from the Twins back in November. He was abysmal during an injury-plagued 2025 season and spent most of the year at Triple-A St. Paul, but Miranda is just a year removed from slashing .284/.322/.441 with nine homers and 49 RBI in 429 plate appearances at the game’s highest level. It’s a very nice low risk signing for the Padres.

The Twins retained a bunch of mediocrities on the position player side of their 40-man roster after the season, but one guy they gave up on was Miranda, who was rather productive in hitting .284/.322/.441 in 429 major league plate appearances in 2024. The 27-year-old went on to clear outright waivers and is now a free agent. He’ll probably have to settle for a minor league deal, but an impressive showing in Puerto Rico might lead to greater interest.

One of the biggest names to become a minor league free agent earlier this week, Miranda appeared in just 12 games for Minnesota this past season after tumbling down the depth chart after a pedestrian 2024 campaign where he batted .284/.322/.441 with nine homers and 49 RBI across 429 plate appearances in 121 games. At just 27 years old there’s probably another organization out there willing to gamble on the former prospect making swing adjustments and catching lightning in a bottle.

No real surprises as Minnesota cleans up its 40-man roster heading into the offseason. Miranda is a notable name considering his former prospect status, but he hasn’t made an impact at the highest level since the 2024 season when he appeared in a career-high 121 games.

Miranda missed four weeks after his demotion last month due to a left-hand injury suffered off the field. He’s played every other day since returning last week and gone 1-for-14 with five strikeouts so far. Clearly, it’s going to be a little while longer before he’s a candidate to rejoin the Twins.

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.

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 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.