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Community Preview of Your 2010 Minnesota Twins: Justin Morneau

For a further explanation of that pretty graphic, I suggest you read this.  (Feel free to check out the new DiamondView for pitchers as well.)  Thanks, as always, to Justin Bopp for putting this together.

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Even by the the rather high standards set by first basemen for offense, Justin Morneau stands out.  He packs a wallop and gets on base at a good clip, and for a guy hitting behind Joe Mauer there isn't much more you could ask for.  Justin's defense on this chart is probably under-rated.  He's certainly not this terrible in the grand scheme of things in the field, even if his range isn't the best for a first baseman.  His speed rating is pretty sad as well.  I also don't think that it's an entirely accurate representation of the skill, because while he's definitely not fast he's not Matt LeCroy.

A little something different this time, because I'll ask you:  what are Justin's strengths and weaknesses?  What does he have to do to make 2010 a personal success?