"Slim" Delmon

When the Minnesota Twins first acquired Delmon Young I have to say that I was not much of a fan of him. This is mainly because I knew him as "Throwing bats at umpires" Delmon, which I have to say is not a very good Delmon at all. His stock fell even more for me when I became acquainted with "Slightly overweight, .262 batting, 12 home run hitting, 60 run batting in, what in the world, Jason Bartlett and Matt Garza are key pieces on a Tampa Bay Rays team that is going to the World Series?" Delmon. Now that was not a good Delmon either. Overall he just looked like another mediocre at best outfielder that was going to split time in left field.

Then something changed. As I was watching the Twins first game this year I noticed something different in left field for the Twins. Could another Delmon have emerged in the Delmon Young saga? No, I must just be watching the game from a different angle. But then I saw him track down a fly ball, and I realized that a new Delmon had emerged, namely "Slim" Delmon. "Slim" Delmon went on to hit a home run later in the game as well. After the game I was impressed with this new Delmon, but I was left to wonder if this new Delmon could keep it up for a whole season. To make this decision I knew I was going to have to see at least a months worth of games.

After about a month and a half or so it looked like we were going to end up with a "Slim, but still mediocre at best" Delmon. Then he started to hit and before a person knew it he had moved into second on the team in RBIs and his batting average had climbed to .300. "Slim" Delmon didn't stop there though he has kept driving in runs, and last night he finally took the team lead with 50 runs batted in. Now it would be nice to see him hit a few more home runs, but a few of his big flies have left me with hope. Particularly his upper deck shot at Target Field. With "Slim" Delmon on the rise and only 24 years old I think that Twins fans have a lot to look forward to in the near future.

I think that it is safe to say that I am now somewhat of a fan of Delmon Young and that "Slim" Delmon is indeed a good Delmon. I can't help but wonder if another Delmon could be on the way soon though, namely "All-Star" Delmon.