Minnesota Twins: Time for the Twins to bring back A.J. Pierzynski
The Minnesota Twins loving brining the band back together and this offseason the Twins still have the itch. Reports again are saying that the Twins are interested in bringing back catcher A.J. Pierzynski.
The Pierzynski rumor mill got a-chugging again thanks to a column from CBS Sports reporter and man who refuses to use capitalization on Twitter Jon Heyman. Heyman said this about the Twinkies in a column:
"Minnesota is expected to look to bring back veteran catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who had another fine offensive year with the bat in Atlanta (who also may be interested). Pierzynski and Kurt Suzuki would make a decent lefty-righty combo behind the plate … The Twins like the idea of getting the old gang back together, and is also hoping that Torii Hunter will return even if he isn’t ticketed to be a starter. He should still get decent playing time, unless top [prospect] Byron Buxton takes a leap forward off his rough rookie year."
It makes sense in platooning Suzuki and Pierzynski. Suzuki struggled this past season for the Twins offensively and getting A.J. some at-bats could help the team get some offensive production out of the position once again.
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This past season, Suzuki hit 240/.296/.314 in his second year with the club. A.J. hit .300/.339/.430 in 113 games with the Atlanta Braves this past season. Those numbers for A.J. go up a few points if you look at A.J. just taking on right-handed pitching.
Pierzynski will turn 39-years-old in December, but his offense would be a great help for the Twins. It’s made sense for the past couple years to bring A.J. back and the Twins should finally do it.
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