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Living in Hartford, I have been following the New Britain tean for a while. Then suddenly I find out about this homeboy (he's'still 23) who seems to be the ugly duckling of the Twins system, mainly because he's a 3rd round pick hirtting just over .220. Now, I've been doing a little research and it shows that they (Twinkees) seem to be hi on him. A .290 lifetime switch hitter before this season, everybody seems to notice his poor average. Nevertheless, it so happens that after losing a complete season without seeing a pitch, he started this season 11 for his first 100 at bats (the word slump is an understatement here!!!), then, only some scouts and his bosses know he has had (up until last night) 37 hits in his next 109 at bats, which makes him the best 9 hole hitter in his league for the last 2 and a half months. In other words, he's hitting .339 for the last 2 months and throwing out over 40% of possible base stealers. Not bad for an ugly duckling. I guess the kid just earned himself a new fan.
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Living in Hartford, I have been following the New Britain tean for a while. Then suddenly I find out about this homeboy (he's'still 23) who seems to be the ugly duckling of the Twins system, mainly because he's a 3rd round pick hirtting just over .220. Now, I've been doing a little research and it shows that they (Twinkees) seem to be hi on him. A .290 lifetime switch hitter before this season, everybody seems to notice his poor average. Nevertheless, it so happens that after losing a complete season without seeing a pitch, he started this season 11 for his first 100 at bats (the word slump is an understatement here!!!), then, only some scouts and his bosses know he has had (up until last night) 37 hits in his next 109 at bats, which makes him the best 9 hole hitter in his league for the last 2 and a half months. In other words, he's hitting .339 for the last 2 months and throwing out over 40% of possible base stealers. Not bad for an ugly duckling. I guess the kid just earned himself a new fan.
Edit to add bio link.
