I’m suddenly all in favor of giving Johan Santana all the extra time he needs between starts.
Do you ever just pause for a moment and, out of sheer gratitude that this guy is pitching for the Minnesota Twins, show your teeth to whatever sort of god you might (or might not) believe in?
You should.
Both of Justin Morneau’s home runs this season, including today’s three-run shot off Sox rookie John Danks, have come against lefties. That’s not an aberration; last year Morneau hit .315 and launched 13 of his 34 home runs against left handers (.325 w/21 HRs vs right handers).
Compare his righty-lefty splits with Cleveland’s Grady Sizemore (who hit just .214 with ten homers vs lefties in 2006 –compared with .329 and eighteen HRs vs right handers) or Chicago’s Jim Thome (.236 with six HRs vs southpaws, .321 w/36 HRs vs righties).
Hell, Tom Kelly would platoon both those guys.
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