Drew Butera is to open 2012 in the minors. |
J.R. Towles remains in camp, and I believe fellow non-roster invitee Danny Lehmann does as well, but their status will change in the coming days.
Reading between the lines, it is increasingly obvious that Justin Morneau is going to spend most of his time as the designated hitter, which means Ryan Doumit will get most of his at-bats playing a position. This is not going to help the defense, but many of the Twins decisions of the past week have been in the direction of sacrificing defense for offense.
* The chatter this morning has Sean Burroughs making the 25-man roster. I don't see a good reason for this.
What is his role? Burroughs is not -- or shouldn't -- going to play third ahead of Danny Valencia. He's not -- and even more emphatically shouldn't -- play first ahead of Chris Parmelee. While there was chatter all spring about running him out at second base, that hasn't happened, nor should it.
Sean Burroughs has a career slugging percentage of .357 in more than 1,800 MLB at-bats. |
* In connection with that last point, Trevor Plouffe is starting Saturday's exhibition game at second base. This is apparently to prepare him for such use after pinch-hitting for Alexi Casilla or Jamey Carroll.
It's perfectly logical. He has established that he's an awful middle infielder, so the Twins had him spend the winter and spring focusing on becoming an outfielder. This is bound to make him a better infielder. How can it not?
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