Article: Brian Dozier Pulls Himself Out Of Slump

[bird]

 

Rosario is not going back to 2B. 

 

 

Sure he is. And Mauer catches. 

Edited June 27, 2016 by birdwatcher

[laloesch]

 

Sure he is. And Mauer catches. 

 

A hint of sarcasm.

Edited June 27, 2016 by laloesch

[wxman91]

After his hot streak, Dozier now has an OPS of .804, which is good for 9th in MLB among 2nd basemen.  

[stringer bell]

After his hot streak, Dozier now has an OPS of .804, which is good for 9th in MLB among 2nd basemen.

If Dozier were to maintain that OPS, it would be the best of his career by quite a bit. I guess maybe we shouldn't write off players after a bad stretch.

[Loosey]

Dozier continues to mash.  He is currently the Twins best hitter.  The question now is will he continue to hit like this the rest of the season, next season and beyond? 

 

Dozier has been a trade candidate on this site for most of this season.  A month ago he was a .210 hitting second baseman.  Now he is back to the power hitting 2nd baseman that made the all-star game last year. 

 

If the Twins were to trade him, this would be the time.  His value hasn't been higher this season. 

 

On the other hand he has the ability to be this teams best overall hitter when he is locked in.  So, looking out long term, do you trade him (if so when)?  Or do you keep him and see what you can get for Polanco?

 

I still think trading Dozier is in the teams best interest long-term. 

[stringer bell]

I said before that I was a Dozier fan, but that Polanco might be a better fit for the club. I think that the Twins chances this season were predicated on having a lot of homers from a lot of players. If they continue to get low power production from first, center and catcher, they need the additional power production from second base (Dozier).

 

My previous thought was that the Twins have a lot of right handed hitters whose best asset is power--Dozier, Plouffe, Sano, Park and that having a guy like Polanco, who looks like he could have pretty good on-base skills, might be a better fit. Don't know which theory is the right one right now, but Dozier has certainly come alive. Good on him!