The Minnesota Twins shut down 1B Justin Morneau
The Twins have shut down 30-year old lefty swinging 1B Justin Morneau for the rest of the season. He had surgery today to remove a cyst from his left knee and a bone spur in his right foot. Morneau played in 69 games for the Twins this year and he was 60 for 264 (.227 avg, .618 OPS) with 19 runs scored, 4 homers and 30 RBIs. He has now played in 1,017 games in his first 9 years with the Twins and he was 1,055 for 3,749 (.281 avg, .851 OPS) with 550 runs scored, 185 homers, 709 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. The Twins hope that Morneau will be ready to rock in 2012 as he has suffered two injury ravaged years in a row now.