Plouffe hasn't homered since before the All-Star break and considering how many he hit in June and early July, one would have to consider this a drought. However, he is carrying a 16? game hitting streak and has fielded his position better and better (IMHO).
In my view, things are normalizing. He will hit home runs, but I doubt he'll approach 40 and he may not even hit 30. The batting average is going up and his OBP is remaining reasonable. Without home runs, of course, the slugging is decreasing, but I think he is now moving toward the reasonable range there, rather than the inflated number he had two weeks ago.
So far, the disappointing thing has been his performance with runners on base. I think he might be getting himself out too often and the pitchers aren't going to feed him a meat fastball. Overall, I think the Twins have lucked themselves into a good third baseman after the total disappointment of Danny Valencia #22.

