It will be interesting to see if Danny Valencia will be able to play tonight against the Giants. The Twins third baseman missed Sunday's game with a sore triceps but expressed optimism that he would be ready to take the field at AT&T Park.
The way things have been going for the Twins this season, he might not.
Most projections the Twins have made about their injured players have been short. This isn't to blame them as much as it suggests that it just isn't their year with injuries.
Joe Mauer and Tsuyoshi Nishioka missed two months each. No one was sure on Sunday when Denard Span and Jason Kubel will return. Justin Morneau could be out until the first full week of July with a wrist sprain - and that depends on what shape his wrist is when the cast comes off at the end of this week,
Valencia has to prove he can throw. The more I think about it, the Twins might want to have him go through pre-game drills then see how he feels tomorrow.
It's too bad for Valencia, who has homered in his last two games,
``I don't view myself as a .218 hitter," he said Saturday.
Valencia has hit the ball hard with few results to show for it. He's trying to be patient, waiting for things to even out.
