MN Sports Shot

Jawa's Poll

What do the Twins need the most now?

	A sure fire eighth inning specialist
	A legit power threat at 3rd
	Punto out of the 2 hole
	Gomez to learn the art of bunting
	Cuddy back from injury
	Guys to quit sliding head-first
	A new hand specialist
	To switch back to soft bags
	Just to keep getting their young guys more playing time

Gomez didn't play on Saturday night after leaving the game early on Friday after being hit in the head by a ball. Gomez successfully stole second base but the throw from Pudge caught him in the left side of his helmet. Gomez lay on the infield for what seemed to be forever. After the game the Twins said he had a slight concussion. Then on Saturday night he wasn't in the line-up, but supposedly he was available to play if needed...

Gomez probably just needed a day to clear his head. Plus he's a rookie, essentially, and taking a day off probably isn't the worst thing he could do. I'd rather see Gomez take a few days off early in the season and be fresh at the end of the year then just plain run out of gas come late July.

Really Gomez not making the line-up wasn't nearly as troubling as Baker going down for the second time in two starts. It was Baker's right groin again. This time you've got to hope they shut him down for at least a week if not to the 15 day DL. Baker came out like a man on fire or at least like a man with something to prove...that something being a) he belongs as a number 2 starter and b) his groin is fine. I think he proved he's got some stuff to stick in the middle to high middle of a rotation, but his injury issues probably make him more of a back of the rotation sort of guy. If Baker can stay healthy maybe he could become a 3 or a 2 but I'm not seeing 1 type of material out of him at this point. Let's hope he heals up quick.

NOTES:

Monroe probably doesn't do that head touch celebration against any other team. Still not sure it was "too" much.
Cuddy seems to be rounding into form coming off his finger injury
Baby-Jesus needs to give up the "I'm going to become a power-hitter" mentality
Do we have any other options at 3rd? Lamb is done, put a fork in him.
Can Cuddy move back to third? Or is it worth even trying that out?
Young needs to quite thinking about these homers he's supposed to produce and just start working on hits