Plouffe Out

If this were the regular season Plouffe would be placed on the DL, instead the Twins will give him a week off to see if his calf strain gets better.

Plouffe had just found his swing after missing it since the middle of last season when he also got hurt.

The Twins training staff is starting to come into question. Last year they totally misdiagnosed Pavano's shoulder injury and this year they thought that it would be better for Plouffe to play with what was thought to be a minor "calf strain."

Now it could be more than that, and now he has to wait and see what's really wrong and when he can come back. Another nail in the Twins coffin and the season hasn't even started.

MAYBE he'll be back in a week, or maybe he'll miss the beginning of the season.

There's a major difference between a calf strain and a tear in the calf muscle. Now, as usual, we'll all just have to wait and see.

The Twins split wins with the Pirates the last two days and Canada lost to the USA in the WBC yesterday. I THINK that means Canada has been eliminated and that would also mean that Morneau could be coming back to the Twins soon, but at this point I don't have enough interest in the WBC to find out for sure.