Justin Morneau
Justin Ernest George Morneau (conceived May 15, 1981) is a Canadian expert baseball assigned hitter who is a free specialist. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox. At 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), Morneau was drafted as a catcher by the Twins in 1999. He changed over to a respectable starting point in the small time and made his MLB make a big appearance in 2003. Morneau has held that position all through his vocation and in 2007 turned into the primary Twin since Gary Gaetti in 1987–1988 to hit 30 grand slams in sequential seasons.
A four-time All-Star, Morneau was named the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) amid the 2006 season by helping the Twins win their fourth division title in five years. He completed runner-up for MVP in 2008 and won two Silver Slugger Awards. Moreover, Morneau won the 2008 Home Run Derby and the 2014 National League (NL) batting title. Universally, Morneau spoke to Canada at the 2006, 2009, and 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Halfway through the 2010 season, Morneau endured a blackout while sliding into a respectable halfway point. The damage sidelined him for the rest of the normal season and playoffs. Up to that point, he was the fan voted pioneer to begin the All-Star Game at a respectable starting point and a main possibility for his second AL MVP grant. Regardless of making the opening day list in 2011, Morneau managed various wounds and maintained another blackout amid the season that constrained his generation. Morneau has recouped from his infirmities and has since part time between assigned hitter and a respectable starting point.
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