(Music Pun Streak #7. I apologize for not picking a better Elton John album)
Of late, Jorge Polanco has been one of those players that gets a lot of fan response, gets a lot of Twins money thrown at him, has supposedly been good for a few years, and yet...hasn't really resonated with me. Like, I've thought he's supremely overrated for a while, and I like to remind people about his positive test for PEDs. He's only had close to one full season with the Twins, and that one was okay at best. I don't really like being this negative, but to this point, he hasn't had spectacular numbers.
...and by 'to this point', I mean pre-2019. Because damn has this guy come to play this year.
Jorge Polanco hit a cycle against my hometown team, the Phillies. And his team still lost. That's the wild bit. He could get four types of hits and yet still be on the losing side. Thankfully the Twins have been doing better since the Phils series, ruling the AL Central for a week or so, and letting their new big guns, like Polanco, Eddie Rosario and Jose Berrios, shine. The reinforcements have done well as well, with Jonathan Schoop returning to Baltimore numbers, Blake Parker doing well in the ninth, and Willians Astudillo capturing the heart and spirit of the Minnesota fanbase.
Still, even with concrete leaders in Polanco and Rosario, it's not perfect; Nelson Cruz' home run well has dried up as of late, Max Kepler is hitting human numbers, Michael Pineda's giving up too many runs, and the Indians have caught up. The Twins, over the next few weeks, will need to prove that they deserve to remain atop the division, regardless of a team that usually presides there making a run at the throne.
Didn't think a team led by Jorge Polanco would have this grave stakes, but here we are.
Coming Tonight: The best player in baseball right now. That, uh, isn't Mike Trout.
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