Cuddyer Out for Season

by rosterman on Aug 8, 2008 10:49 PM EDT Comment 11 comments

Garrett Jones proved to be a hard hitter at Rochester Friday night, banging a ball off Cuddyer's ankle/foot and breaking it. So, no return of Cuddyer next week to the outfield of the Minnesota Twins, and maybe he'll be out for the season.

So, not good news for the Twins and the need for a right-handed bat to follow Morneau.

Or a great throwing arm that can at least hit home plate from right/center.

Good news for Span and Gomez. And Randy Ruiz.

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But -

- bad news for those who were expecting the return of Cuddyer to stand in as the Twins’ big deadline trade.

by Johnny Safron on Aug 8, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Major blow

Wasted season for Cuddles. I guess we’ll continue to evaluate Gomez and Span everyday. Getting back a productive Casilla now becomes the most important addition. As for Ruiz… let’s see what you got in the tanks slugger!

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by caseintheface on Aug 8, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Too bad

Nobody claimed Jones before the season started like Gardy had worried they would.

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by joeiscool12 on Aug 9, 2008 12:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ouch

Well I guess that solves the Denard Span question.

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by MNPundit on Aug 9, 2008 12:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ugh!

I am a big Cuddyer fan. I was so happy for him when he came of age in ‘06 and I was looking forward to a big year for him this year. It’s not going to happen. Denard Span has saved the season—he has been the Twins best OF by far since he replaced Cuddyer late in June. He has shown himself to be a first-rate fielder, a fine leadoff hitter (so far) and someone who can make a big play.

Some broken bones can be played with, some cannot. I guess I’ll believe Cuddyer is out for the season when the Twins announce he is. I suspect, though, that he won’t be back this year.

Perhaps getting Casilla back will help, but the need for a good RH bat is crucial.

by Alexi Casilla All-Star on Aug 9, 2008 1:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But we gots Del

Fortunately, we’ve got Delmon Young, enjoying that much-predicted second-half surge.

What a minute? What the hell happened to that? Were they talking about what passes for a surge in the Snail Kingdom?

And it’s hard not to laugh at this:

In 428 PAs, ol’ Del has 4 home runs, 44 RBI.

In 162 PAs, Luis Rivas has 3 home runs, 20 RBI.

by Johnny Safron on Aug 9, 2008 1:38 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

To be

To be fair to Delmon, whom I borderline hate watching hit with runners on base, he has had a second half recovery, though he still isn’t hitting the homers. He’s hit .321/.341/.476 and .330/.359/.454 in June and July respectively. While that still isn’t a ton of power, with only 2 homers each month, he’s hitting line drives all over the place racking up lots of hits and some doubles, with 13 over the two months.

Quite frankly, I don’t see his swing as ridiculously powerful enough to hit out bad balls, so unless he learns some degree of plate discipline, I don’t see him becoming a bit power bat. So few guys out there can hit for power without patience.

So he’s been a good hitter lately, just not really a power hitter.

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by AdamOnFirst on Aug 9, 2008 4:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey. I was fair.

He’ is driving the ball a little, but it’s not the second-half surge that was advertised. If you can hypothetically double Luis Rivas’s PAs and he can overtake you, you aren’t much of a power threat.

Delmon has even able to put outfield grass stains on some baseballs now and then, but he’s not driving in many runners or banging many fences. It doesn’t help his image that he’s chubby and walks like an old man.

And watching him track balls often makes me ask, “Was he just at a kegger?”

by Johnny Safron on Aug 9, 2008 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

bring back Luis Rivas!

Ha Ha now those are some stats.

by caluofmn on Aug 9, 2008 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Four weeks

The Strib is saying he might come back in late September. He should be able to run full speed in four weeks if he doesn’t re-injure it. I could see him playing in the playoffs, at least as a right-handed DH and bench bat.

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by cmathewson on Aug 9, 2008 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Strib told us he would be out -

- far fewer weeks than he was with this finger. Just checking some reputable medical Internet sites, 4 weeks seems very optimistic when you adjust for the fact that reputable medical Internet sites are addressing the average person’s recovery so they can get up and hobble to the corner Starbucks, not recovery to play pro sports.

Also, people heal at different rates. And based on the progress of that finger, I’d say Cuddy better eat some spinach or put his foot in one of those pyramids things that promote healing because someone decided the Egyptians must have been on to something.

by Johnny Safron on Aug 9, 2008 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs