"If he was completely healthy, he would have been in the lineup today. "You could see the way he was moving around yesterday on the field," said Baldelli, describing Arraez's hamstring as "just OK" over the past few days.
Benching Arraez, who holds a narrow advantage over New York's Aaron Judge for the American League batting title, had nothing to do with protecting his lead, Baldelli said, and everything to do with protecting his future. Luis Arraez sat out Sunday's series finale in Detroit, the third game he's missed in a week, after Twins manager Rocco Baldelli watched his first baseman play the field with limited mobility a day earlier. But that's the state of the American League batting race at the moment. You can't stage much of a race if one of the contestants is limping around on injured legs.
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