| Hot | 5/17/2013 10:03:00 AM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is a career .500 hitter (8-for-16) against Boston starter Clay Buchholz. | Insight: The bad news is that all eight hits were singles. Morneau still isn't hitting for power (2 HR), but he is batting .306 and knocking in runs (28). | | |
| Hot | 5/10/2013 10:03:00 AM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is a career .444 hitter (4-for-9) against Baltimore starter Jason Hammel with all four hits being doubles. | Insight: Morneau is batting .302 over the past two weeks and still knocks in runs, but without the power of the past. He's no longer any every day fantasy starter, but today is a favorable matchup. | | |
| 5/6/2013 12:10:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is a career .500 hitter (7-for-14) against Boston right-hander Clay Buchholz. | Insight: Morneau is batting .252 with eight extra-base hits in 103 at-bats. That's not enough from a power position like first base for fantasy owners. He's no longer a every day fantasy option in most mixed leagues, but Monday's matchup is favorable. | | |
| 4/29/2013 1:16:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is a career .500 hitter with three homers and a double in 10 at-bats versus Detroit starter Max Scherzer. | Insight: Morneau is batting .263 with seven extra-base hits in 80 at-bats. He's no longer a everyday fantasy option in most mixed leagues, but the Monday matchup is extremely favorable. | | |
| 4/28/2013 7:58:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau hit his second homer of the season Sunday, a two-run shot off Texas' Alexi Ogando. | Insight: Morneau is batting .262 with seven extra-base hits in 80 at-bats. He's no longer a fantasy option in mixed leagues. | | |
| 4/20/2013 10:19:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau is just a .188 hitter (3-for-16) against White Sox starter Jake Peavy. | Insight: Morneau isn't the 30-plus home run guy he used to be four years ago and his .762 OPS won't rank very high at the first base position. There are better options out there. | | |
| Hot | 4/8/2013 10:00:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau owns a 1.298 career OPS against Kansas City starter Ervin Santana with three homers and a .333 batting average in 18 at-bats. | Insight: Morneau isn't the 30-plus home run guy he used to be four years ago, but he is off to a solid start with a .364 batting average. The difference is that his OPS is still only .916 and he has yet to hit a home run this season. | | |
| 4/4/2013 12:01:00 PM |
Description: Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau hasn't had much luck in his career against Rick Porcello (4-for-23, three strikeouts). | Insight: That computes to a .174 batting average and it's a large enough sample size to determine that Porcello presents a real matchup problem for Morneau. He's gone 2-for-7 to start the season. | | |
| 3/28/2013 8:52:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau missed Thursday night's exhibition because of a tight back. | Insight: Nothing to worry about. It's only a precaution. The injury seems very mild and we should see Morneau back in uniform Friday afternoon against the Red Sox. He isn't in danger of missing Monday's season opener versus Detroit. | | |
| Cold | 9/20/2012 11:20:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau will sit out Thursday's series finale against Cleveland. | Insight: Morneau is just one for his last 14 at the dish, dropping his season average to .274. Joe Mauer (.324, 10 HR, 79 RBI) will get the start at first Thursday with Ryan Doumit (.281, 16 HR, 67 RBI) behind the plate. | | |
| 9/9/2012 6:36:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau smacked a pair of homers Sunday in an 8-7 win over the Indians. | Insight: Morneau now has 10 RBI in his last 10 games. While Morneau remains a longshot to reach 100 RBI for the season, his 73 RBI in 115 games is a huge improvement over the 30 he tallied in 2011. | | |
| 8/27/2012 10:36:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau is just a .138 hitter (4-for-29) with seven strikeouts versus Seattle right-hander Felix Hernandez. | Insight: Morneau is batting .322 since the All-Star break with six homers and 23 RBI in 38 games. Avoid this matchup, but plan on using the Twins first baseman a lot down the stretch as it appears he's found his old form. | | |
| 8/25/2012 10:18:00 PM |
Description: Minnesota first baseman Justin Morneau enjoyed a 4-for-4 afternoon Saturday in a 9-3 defeat versus Texas. | Insight: Morneau had been hitless in the series prior to Saturday's breakout performance. He's batting .333 this month with four blasts and 13 RBI. | | |
| Hot | 8/15/2012 9:18:00 AM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is 4-for-7 (.571) with three home runs against Detroit starter Max Scherzer. | Insight: Morneau has been hot since the All-=Star break. It looks like he's finally become a viable fantasy-worthy first baseman again. Though the sample size is small, his success against Scherzer makes him a must start. | | |
| Hot | 8/14/2012 9:30:00 AM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is 5-for-11 (.455) with a 1.273 OPS against Detroit starter Doug Fister, | Insight: Morneau is batting .346 with a .959 OPS since the All-Star break to bring his numbers close to his career levels. It looks like he's finally done with the concussion problems and has become a viable fantasy-worthy first baseman again. | | |
| 8/11/2012 9:43:00 AM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is 1-for-8 (.125) with four strikeouts against Rays ace David Price. | Insight: Morneau is batting .349 over the past four weeks with a .976 OPS, but Saturday's matchup should be avoided. | | |
| Hot | 8/6/2012 10:18:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau is heating up. He homered twice Monday in Minnesota's 14-3 triumph over the Indians. | Insight: Morneau has gone 11-for-20 at the plate over his last five games, raising his average from .257 to .275 in the process. His days of being a perennial MVP candidate are over but Morneau can still be a very productive fantasy first baseman when he's healthy. | | |
| 7/29/2012 6:22:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau homered for the second time in three games as part of a three-hit game Sunday against Cleveland. | Insight: Morneau has picked up his production in July. In 20 games this month, Morneau is batting .317 with three homers and 12 RBIs. However, his struggles against left-handed pitching and in his home ballpark make him a fringe first base option in deeper leagues. | | |
| 7/23/2012 7:59:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau will return from the paternity list Tuesday, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Morneau left the team to be with his wife for the birth of the couple's second child. | Insight: Morneau (.249, 11 HR, 40 RBI) has been relatively healthy this season, but his fantasy value has been diminished by his failures against LHP (.147 ib 102 at-bats) and at home (.240 with two homers in 150 at-bats). | | |
| 7/21/2012 2:10:00 PM |
Description: Twins first baseman Justin Morneau has been put on the paternity leave list. | Insight: Morneau (.249, 11 HR, 40 RBI) has improved on his "lost" 2011 season, but he's still not back to the star we knew from 2006-2010. He may never get back to that level. | | |
