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Who is your MLB team’s unsung hero so far this season

By Brad Weiss

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JULY 05: Minnesota Twins Left field Eddie Rosario (20) makes contact during a MLB game between the Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles on July 5, 2018 at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. The Twins defeated the Orioles 5-2.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JULY 05: Minnesota Twins Left field Eddie Rosario (20) makes contact during a MLB game between the Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles on July 5, 2018 at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. The Twins defeated the Orioles 5-2.(Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Minnesota Twins: Eddie Rosario

During the 2017 Major League Baseball season, the Minnesota Twins were one of those teams who really came out of nowhere. In fact, after making the playoffs as a Wild Card team, their manager, former Twins legend Paul Molitor, was actually named the American League Manager of the Year.

Well, in 2018, the wheels fell off the wagon in the Twin Cities, as the Twins are just another team under .500 in the putrid American League Central. The Twins do have some nice talent on their roster, but they have been mostly inconsistent this season, and it shows in their win-loss record as we move closer to September.

Through all the ups, and mostly downs, the Twins have gotten steady contributions from at least one player. Eddie Rosario is hitting close to .300 for Minnesota this season, with 20 home runs, and 67 runs batted in, as he continues to establish himself as one of the better pure hitters in the American League.

Rosario was a sixth round pick of the organization back in 2010, and has steadily worked his way into a full-time role with the big league club. He finished sixth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting back in 2015, when he led the league in triples, and has not slowed down since.

Sure, he had a rough 2016 season,  but he was a key cog for that playoff team in 2017, and has become an extra-base hit machine for the Twins. He is putting together quite the career to start out, and at only 26-years old, he still has his best years still ahead of him in Minnesota.

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