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Toy Cannon
04-13-2004, 08:05 PM
:thumbsup:

Justin Morneau paced a 15-hit attack with four hits, two homers and seven RBI, to lead the Rochester Red Wings to a 12-3 thrashing of the visiting Pawtucket Red Sox Monday night. Morneau, who went 4-for-5 in the game, is now hitting a robust .524 with two homers and 10 RBI. He capped a four-run sixth inning with his first homer of the game - a three-run shot. Two innings later, the Minnesota Twins top minor-league prospect capped the onslaught with a two-run homer. He became the first player to knock in seven runs in a game since Willis Otanez in 1998. Michael Restovich added three hits, including his first homer of the year for Rochester, which won its fifth straight game. It's the first time the Red Wings have started the season 5-0, going back to 76 years.

Trots
04-13-2004, 09:00 PM
How do the Twins leave him in AAA? I thought for sure he would make the team out of ST. (I was confident enough to draft the guy in my AL only league.) This kid looks like the real deal even if he's only a DH.

LesPaul
04-14-2004, 03:09 AM
if we would not have landed Stewart last season he would be playin in the majors. Cuddyer and Ryan are solid too but I would not doubt it if they swap out one of them with Morneau when one struggles. It was a continuous swapping last season of the young guys and Morneau was hurt last season (broken thumb i believe) so maybe they wanted to start him in the minors to give him more time.

Durango53
04-14-2004, 11:17 AM
TC would be a better guy to answer this but the Twins are just so deep in the minor leagues they are talking that letting some of the guys go on there walk year this year could be a better deal than resigning them. So they can bring up Morneau. But I feel that the Twins didnt want to bring him up and have him play part time where that might hurt him but send him down to AAA and have him play full time and keep getting better until they have a spot open for him in the bigs.

>TC<
04-25-2004, 11:51 AM
Still Hot : Morneau, batting .433 at Rochestesr, has 10 more total bases(46) than the next player in the International League.

TC