| 6/18/2013 4:46:00 PM |
Description: Minnesota left fielder Josh Willingham (knee) is back in the lineup Tuesday against the White Sox after missing Sunday's game, according to Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. | Insight: Willingham, who is hitting just .211 with a 12.6 percent line-drive rate and a 14.3 percent HR/FB this season, had a cortisone shot in his knee Saturday night for his nagging knee soreness. | | |
| 6/16/2013 12:14:00 PM |
Description: Minnesota left fielder Josh Willingham is not in the lineup Sunday. He's dealing with left knee soreness, according to Tyler Mason of FoxSportsNorth.com. | Insight: Willingham has had a rough season -- his K rate is up, his average is just .211 and his ISO is .201. He has posted just a 12.6 percent line-drive rate, a 14.3 percent HR/FB and a 24.3 percent infield flyball rate. He had a cortisone shot in his knee Saturday night for the nagging knee soreness and hopes to play Tuesday. | | |
| 6/16/2013 10:40:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota left fielder Josh Willingham has hit two homers and gone 6-for-20 (.300) with three walks in his career against Tigers starter Doug Fister. | Insight: Willingham has had a rough season -- his K rate is up, his average is just .211 and his ISO is .201. He has posted just a 12.6 percent line-drive rate, a 14.3 percent HR/FB and a 24.3 percent infield flyball rate. Sunday will present a favorable matchup for him, but if he doesn't start heating up soon, fantasy owners might want to move on. | | |
| 6/14/2013 10:16:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota left fielder Josh Willingham is 7-for-13 against Tigers righthander Rick Porcello with a pair of home runs and a 1.821 OPS. | Insight: We keep waiting for Willingham (.214, 10 HR, 31 RBI) to explode into the 35 HR, 110 RBI guy we saw all last season. Perhaps this favorable matchup can help. | | |
| 5/23/2013 12:06:00 PM |
Description: Minnesota left fielder Josh Willingham has had some good results against Tigers righthander Rick Porcello. | Insight: He's 6-for-10 against Porcello with four RBI and just one strikeout. If you've been looking for an excuse to get Willingham (.205, 6 HR, 19 RBI) into your starting lineup, here it is. | | |
| Cold | 5/22/2013 10:10:00 AM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham is 2-for-16 (.125) against Braves veteran left-hander Paul Maholm. | Insight: Willingham hit a home run on Monday to break up Julio Teheran's shutout bid and is 2-for-6 in the series. Still, it would be best to avoid this matchup as he's batting just .154 over the past two weeks. | | |
| Cold | 5/21/2013 10:40:00 AM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham is an ugly 1-for-20 (.050) against Braves veteran right-hander Tim Hudson. | Insight: Willingham is struggling over the past two weeks, but did hit a home run on Monday to break up Julio Teheran's shutout bid. Avoid this matchup. | | |
| Cold | 5/18/2013 9:56:00 AM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham is an ugly 1-for-14 (.071) against Boston right-hander Ryan Dempster. | Insight: Willingham is struggling over the past two weeks, batting .122 with a .465 OPS over that span. This is not a good matchup. | | |
| Cold | 5/14/2013 11:25:00 AM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham is an ugly 1-for-18 (.056) with five strikeouts versus White Sox starter Jake Peavy. | Insight: Willingham is just 1-for-22 over his last six games and dealing with a sore wrist. This bad matchup isn't likely to help any of those numbers. Avoid. | | |
| 5/12/2013 9:32:00 AM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham has missed the past two games with a sore wrist and is questionable for Sunday's game against the Orioles. | Insight: He was hitless in his last four games, so perhaps we now know the reason for his recent slump. Willingham is hitting .208 with 34 K, but he has five homers, 24 walks and a .830 OPS. | | |
| 5/3/2013 4:54:00 PM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham will get the night off Friday against the Indians. | Insight: Willingham is hitting .239 with 26 K, but he has five homers, 16 walks and a .921 OPS. He should be back in there Saturday. | | |
| 4/29/2013 10:09:00 PM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham went deep in the first inning Monday night but that was his only hit of the ballgame. | Insight: Willingham has homered in three of the last five games and has five on the year. His average is just .246, but he has a .949 OPS due to 13 walks and 10 extra-base hits in 19 games. | | |
| 4/22/2013 10:08:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota OF Josh Willingham is 4-for-10 against Miami right-hander Ricky Nolasco with a 1.000 OPS. | Insight: After missing a week with flu-like conditions, Willingham has gone 3-for-8 with four RBI in his last two starts. With this favorable matchup he should be in all fantasy lineups. | | |
| Cold | 4/20/2013 10:21:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota OF Josh Willingham is hitless in 15 at-bats against White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy. | Insight: Willingham hasn't played since Saturday due to the flu and with this unfavorable matchup might get one more day off to rest. He's started slowly, batting .222 with a pair of homers, but 13 Ks in 36 at-bats. | | |
| Cold | 4/17/2013 10:21:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota OF Josh Willingham is just 1-for-12 against Angels starter Tommy Hanson with four strikeouts. | Insight: Willingham missed Monday and Tuesday due to the flu and with this unfavorable matchup might get one more day off to rest. He's started slowly, batting .222 with a pair of homers, but 13 Ks in 36 at-bats. | | |
| 4/16/2013 5:40:00 PM |
Description: Minnesota OF Josh Willingham (flu) is not in Tuesday's lineup. | Insight: Willingham also missed Monday's game. He owns a .105 average (2-for-19) against Angels starter Jason Vargas, so he didn't have much incentive to play Tuesday anyway. | | |
| 4/16/2013 10:30:00 AM |
Description: Minnesota OF Josh Willingham is just 2-for-19 against Angels left-hander Jason Vargas with seven strikeouts. | Insight: Willingham did not play in Monday's game, reportedly due to an illness, but is expected to return on Tuesday. He is coming off a career year for power numbers (66 extra base hits, 30 HR, 110 RBI). Avoid this matchup, but Willingham is a very good fantasy option this season. | | |
| 4/15/2013 12:55:00 PM |
Description: Minnesota OF Josh Willingham is just 2-for-16 against Angels veteran right-hander Joe Blanton with half his at-bats ending in strikeouts. | Insight: Willingham is coming off a career year for power numbers (66 extra base hits, 30 HR, 110 RBI). He's batting just .222 through the first 11 games, but he's still showing the power (.889 OPS). Avoid this matchup, but Willingham is a very good fantasy option this season. | | |
| 4/4/2013 12:07:00 PM |
Description: We only have eight at bats to base it on but history tells us that Josh Willingham usually does pretty well when Rick Porcello is on the mound. | Insight: He's 5-for-8 against Porcello with two doubles. Willingham is one of the more underrated power hitters in the league, having produced 64 HR and 208 RBI over the past two seasons. He'll have a chance to add to those totals Thursday against the Tigers. | | |
| 9/28/2012 8:25:00 PM |
Description: Twins outfielder Josh Willingham may miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury, according to Josh Shipley of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. | Insight: Willingham felt a "pinch" in his sprained shoulder ligament Friday. The Twins only have five games remaining after Friday's game with Detroit, so it's not worth it for the team to rush him back. | | |
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