anything to get Alonso less at bats is fine with me. I am totally OK with Eloy DHing some, I just want him in the field most of the time. He is young enough that he can still improve out there. He will never be a good OF, but things get a whole lot easier if he can at least be a passable LF for the next 4-5 years.
I'm not sold either. But they are going to give him us 30 starts, and he'll have an ERA in the low to mid 4s. He'll be fine. You could do alot worse than him as your 5th starter, which hopefully is what he is 12 months from now.
Rosario has been struggling to hit for average, but he leads the AL in homers. I wouldn't really expect a ton of positive regression from their of those guys.
The Twins offense is going to cool off. It is still going to be good, but Jorge Polonco is not the next coming of ARod and Cron, Schoop and their catchers are going to cool off.
They're the easy favorites for the AL central now though.
Lol. Palka had the 43rd best OPS+ in the American League last year (those over 400 PA). I don't think this guy is the savior and I have no problem with him in AAA right now after his putrid start. But he could be a useful platoon piece as a DH and occasion OF, and he will be back at some point, likely whenever the Sox cut bait on Alonso. Apologies on Daniel banging your girlfriend.
Couldn't agree more. Can always make him a full time DH later. I don't mind him DHing on occasion, but making him a full time DH at this age is stupid.