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It goes against your narrow mind and dislike for a player, que sera, sera.

Hmm, .289, .281,. 278, .292, .297 yep it is a shame he had such low batting averages, wait batting averages mean nothing so all the hype about Arraez is poppy-cock, get real.

If Larnach had a single year like that people here would be enraptured about he is the greatest. Here is Young's entire career with the Twins, Larnach has shown NOTHING even close or hinted at it. Standard Batting Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2006 20 TBD AL 30 131 126 16 40 9 1 3 10 2 2 1 24 .317 .336 .476 .812 108 60 0 3 0 1 0 9/8 2007 21 TBD AL 162 681 645 65 186 38 0 13 93 10 3 26 127 .288 .316 .408 .723 91 263 23 3 0 7 2 *98/D RoY-2 2008 22 MIN AL 152 623 575 80 167 28 4 10 69 14 5 35 105 .290 .336 .405 .741 100 233 19 7 1 5 7 *7/H 2009 23 MIN AL 108 416 395 50 112 16 2 12 60 2 5 12 92 .284 .308 .425 .733 92 168 17 4 0 5 1 7/DH 2010 24 MIN AL 153 613 570 77 170 46 1 21 112 5 4 28 81 .298 .333 .493 .826 124 281 16 6 0 9 5 *7/HD MVP-10 2011 25 TOT AL 124 503 473 54 127 21 1 12 64 1 0 23 85 .268 .302 .393 .695 90 186 19 2 0 5 2 *7/DH 2011 25 MIN AL 84 325 305 26 81 16 0 4 32 1 0 18 55 .266 .305 .357 .662 82 109 12 0 0 2 2 7/DH 2011 25 DET AL 40 178 168 28 46 5 1 8 32 0 0 5 30 .274 .298 .458 .756 103 77 7 2 0 3 0 7

Larnach will not be there.

He is a rooking being handled like a rookie.

The article I pasted by A.J. HInch in another thread stated how difficult it is to bring some one up from simple AA to AAA with screwing them up by moving them to fast, that you just never really know. Larnach is an example.

He has never been a home run hitter but far from not being a good hitter. Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2012 22 ATL NL 49 182 166 17 48 8 2 3 19 1 0 12 21 .289 .335 .416 .751 101 69 5 1 0 3 1 6 2013 23 ATL NL 157 658 606 76 150 27 6 17 59 6 5 40 55 .248 .296 .396 .692 90 240 16 3 5 4 1 *6/H MVP-14,GG 2014 24 ATL NL 146 576 540 44 132 18 4 7 46 4 5 32 60 .244 .286 .331 .617 75 179 25 0 2 2 4 *6/H GG 2015 25 ATL NL 147 583 535 60 142 23 2 4 44 5 3 39 48 .265 .321 .338 .660 84 181 19 6 1 2 6 *6/H 2016 26 LAA AL 124 483 448 48 126 22 2 4 44 10 1 28 38 .281 .324 .366 .690 91 164 16 2 1 4 0 *6 2017 27 LAA AL 158 647 589 77 164 38 2 14 69 19 6 47 67 .278 .331 .421 .752 102 248 20 3 0 8 0 *6 MVP-8,GG 2018 28 LAA AL 146 600 554 68 162 26 5 11 75 10 2 35 44 .292 .337 .417 .754 108 231 17 5 1 5 2 *6/D MVP-15,GG 2019 29 LAA AL 103 424 398 47 105 19 0 7 40 10 2 24 37 .264 .309 .364 .673 77 145 21 2 0 0 1 6/DH 2020 30 LAA AL 30 127 118 19 35 7 0 0 10 2 0 8 16 .297 .346 .356 .702 91 42 5 1 0 0 0 6 2021 31 MIN AL 99 357 325 32 70 10 0 3 25 1 0 27 50 .215 .280 .274 .554 57 89 10 2 3 0 0 *6/H

If, if Gordon stays with the Twins, we may, although I doubt with this dead base running offense, see a Twin steal home again.

It will be,the front office still wants to win games, not be high buck T-ball.

Delmon Young 2010 24 MIN 153 613 570 77 170 46 1 21 112 5 4 28 81 .298 .333 .493 .826 124 281 16 6 0 9 5 *7/HD MVP-10 I just do not see Larnach every doing this well.

One good thing that might be about Gordon, he could return the Twins to the day of Carew and Tovar when base stealing was a genuine threat. With Buxton and him in the line-up , and on base, shifting the fielders would be nullified.

I will agree with that.?

If I were a betting man, my money is on Simmons coming back; with help from a hitting coach next year.

Sano at first, I have seen as often as not, has no hustle, he looks too much like some one who has just hit a home run whose mind is now in la la land

Simmons error allowed the run that tied the game; Simmons hustle and throw prevented the run that would have cost the Twins the game, His defense is still far, far above anyone else that could play there. Polanco is thriving in bad season; I really wonder how some others on the team would be performing if the Twins were in contention. In my opinion also, I think Cruz's performance for the Rays is not what it was as he would rather be here, that there, regardless of Twins record.

Polanco was HORRIBLE at short that is why.

Better yet , cross the bridge and hit the Anchor Bar and Grill, best burgers in Northland.

Cleveland makes a great play and still loses; the Twins jinx is spreading.

Flash Gordon strikes again, without bunting!? Maybe, just maybe he is the next Caesar Tovar.

No shift on Jeffers and he hit to the fielder anyway.

Yep, cover your head with your glove if the ball is coming your way; no wonder the twins have so many errors.

For whom?

Simmons made the throw that got the 3rd out on the 3rd base line, not Arraez who should have been there.

NO.

If I were a betting man, I would put money on Larnach's sluggish field play had some thing to do with it.