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Glad to see you here DPJ.
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Article: Twins vs. Pirates, 06/21/2012, 6:05pm
Badsmerf replied to Brock Beauchamp's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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I enjoy watching this team more that last year's team for a few different reason. First, Dozier and Plouffe playing everyday on the left side of the INF has me optimistic that they can actually be regulars for the Twins. Dozier as a potential number 2 hitter and Plouffe as a 5 or 6. On a related note, the INF defense has been much much better. Span and Morneau are playing. Span is playing at a higher level than Morneau right now, but seeing both of them playing again is great. Plus, Span is fun to watch because he does everything so well. Butera is not playing everyday. Thank you JR for picking up Doumit. The entire team isn't underachieving. Mostly because they weren't expected to achieve. Plouffe and Willingham have shown its possible to hit HR's in Target Field. Its nice not to hear DickBert talk about Target Field like its the Grand Canyon. As funny as it sounds, this team is giving me hope for next year.
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You are setting yourself up to be disappointed. Gibson is still a prospect. Hoping for him to join the Twins this year isn't realistic. I'd rather him stay in the minors and properly rehab his arm than come up with the Twins just so he can get a taste. You have to think about whats best for his development, and that is going to be throwing every 5th day and getting back into shape. There is no rush for him to come up. If he does have a solid season, maybe they will bring him up in September and let him throw a few innings, but I'm not holding me breath.
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At this point its difficult to predict. He might see an inning as a Sept call-up if he has a nice season and the Twins are throwing the kids out there. I'd bet against it and say he comes up in May-June of next year though. I'm as pumped about him as any (probably still higher on him than many), but he had a major surgery and hoping he can come up and pitch with the Twins is a little much at this point.
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I feel like we've done this before?
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Plouffe has so much to prove yet that this is simply ridiculous. The Twins can't bank on Plouffe producing like this from now on. He has to sustain it for the rest of the season and into next season before the Twins can officially say this is our guy. I'm a pretty big Plouffe supporter, but he has a long way to go to be a player to build around.
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[TABLE=class: tablehead] [TR=class: oddrow] [TD=class: textright].091[/TD] [TD=class: textright].129[/TD] [TD=class: textright].197[/TD] [TD=class: textright].326[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Morneau's stats vs. lefties this year. [TABLE=class: tablehead] [TR=class: oddrow] [TD=class: textright].277[/TD] [TD=class: textright].404[/TD] [TD=class: textright].702[/TD] [TD=class: textright]1.106 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Plouffe's stats vs. lefties this year.
