Better combo?

[nissan_350z]

Mauer and Morales/Butler

or

Morneau and McCann?

[jbird669]

I'm still not sure Morneau is ready to go. The Twins seem to be awfully careful with him for some reason, and IMO it's not a good one.

I'd take the first one.

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[jake_twothousandfive]

I'll take Mauer and Morales/Butler as well.

In the past, Morneau has almost always started hot then cooled off significantly in the second half. Just given how long he was held out of baseball activities entirely, I think it's going to take him some time to get going this season. If that happens and he can't somehow reverse his trend of lessor production in the 2nd half, it could be a lost season. I think his floor is pretty low for this season.

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    Split    G   GS  PA   AB   R   H   2B  HR  RBI  BA   OBP  SLG  OPS
    1st Half 530 512 2224 1959 314 599 114 116 399 .306 .376 .553 .929
    2nd Half 418 400 1725 1526 217 396 101  65 280 .260 .334 .457 .791


[MaudDib]

Both have question marks which make it difficult. Morneau doesn't seem ready yet and has an injury that could pop up again during the season. Morales isn't ready yet either but once he is, I would imagine he should be good to go. So...

Mauer and Morales

[mpieco]

I'd rather have Mauer/Butler the most, but I'd settle for Mauer/Morales over the other combo.

Butler is bound to bounce back from that horrid HR performance last year. I think 25 is within range for him.

[ihballer34]

Definitely mauer and butler/morales

[The Artful Dodger]

I prefer Mauer and Morales, Morales over Butler. I see Morales and Morneau on a good day performing similarly. It's just a matter of which issue you'd take: Morneau's concussion issues or Morales' recovery from knee surgery. Keep in mind Morales will DH until he's more comfortable running and fielding.