http://puckettspond.com A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:36:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://puckettspond.com/2011/06/15/carlos-quentin-gets-carded-at-target-field/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/06/15/carlos-quentin-gets-carded-at-target-field/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:34:01 +0000 http://puckettspond.com/?p=5574 Carlos Quentin has been holding down the 5th spot in the Chicago White Sox batting order this season, but because of a lack of production from the 3 hitters, Quentin has been given a shot to try his hand in the third slot.  Quentin is hitting just .269 in 2011 but he is slugging more than twice that at .573.  While he doesn’t hit for a particularly high average (.254 career batting average) he provides a lot of power for a White Sox team that struggled to score runs early in the 2011 season.  2009 and 2010 were pretty average years for Quentin, but in 2011 he already has 17 homers through his first 65 games.  He is on pace to hit 41 homers, surpassing his career high of 36 in 2008.  In fact, in 2008, Carlos Quentin led the American League in HRs per AB, hitting one HR for every 13.3 ABs according to the back of his 2011 Topps Heritage Card.
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