Posted By:
JimCrandell"They are the most feared 1-2 hitters in baseball"
Did you mean least feared?--Carlos Gomez who is hitting I think in the 260s with an OBP of about 300 and Alexi Casilla who I believe has a career average before this year that is below the Mendoza line but is hitting .320 with little power in less than 200 at-bats?
Hmmm, I wonder if pitchers say oh my gosh--I have to face Gomez and Casilla in the 1-2 slots tonight. Hanley Ramirez, Jeremy Hermida is a piece of cake relative to these two let alone Damon/Jeter or Soriano/Theriot.
In all seriousness, I would consider this an area of weakness for the Twins whose real strength is its strong hitters such as Mauer, Mourneau, Young, Kubel and Cuddyer.
And to think they couldn't even find a spot for Doug Deeds.