It’s time for Ron Gardenhire to do something he doesn’t seem to like to do very often – tell one of his boys to get it done or get moved. Michael Cuddyer is simply not performing at the plate with men in scoring position. With by far the most at-bats with runners in scoring position (74, next is Morneau with 60) he is 4th on the Twins in RBIs (30) and 16th with RISP in batting average (.216). Meanwhile Delmon Young has only 53 at bats with RISP, yet has 36 RBIs (six more than Cuddyer) and is hitting .321 with RISP (over 100 points better.) The facts are that Delmon has been effective at driving runners home, Cuddyer has not, and it’s time for Gardy to fill out the lineup card accordingly.
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