The Minnesota Twins have signed first basemen/designated hitter Kendrys Morales to a one-year contract. The deal is worth $7.5 million for the rest of the 2014 season. Morales played for the Seattle Mariners in 2013, after the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim traded him to Seattle in December 2012. He's played seven seasons in the MLB, after making his debut on May 23,2006. It would be nine seasons, but he injured himself on a walk-off grand slam in 2010 and missed all of the 2011 season recovering from his injury.Morales' best season came in 2009, when he played 152, hitting .306, 173 hits, 43 doubles, 86 runs scored, 2 triples, 34 home runs, and 108 rbi's. In 2013, for the Mariners, he had his best season since 2009. He hit .277, with 23 home runs, and 80 rbi's.
His career stats are: 620 games played, 622 hits, 130 doubles, 280 runs scored, 4 triples, 4 stolen bases, 345 rbi's, and a career batting average of .280.
I like the move a lot for the Twins, they seem to be playing a lot better than people excepted them right now coming into the season. They get a power bat in their line up in Morales, who is capable of driving in runs.
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