Souhan; A Bit Too Early to Panic on Sano [PODCAST]
The Twins posted a 10-2 win over the Seattle Mariners Thursday afternoon in their home opener. Miguel Sano is off to a tough start for the Twins batting just .111 with 1 home run and 14 strikeouts in 27 at-bats. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says Sano s struggles aren t unusual for him and it s a bit too early to panic. Souhan says the high percentage of strikeouts are a concern but 1 week into the season just isn t enough to draw from.
The Masters Golf tournament continues with 2nd round action in Augusta, Georgia today. Jim is in Augusta covering the Masters this week. He says some high profile golfers are playing their way out of contention with bad first rounds. Those include Rory McIroy, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson. Souhan says Jordan Spieth remains in contention and he expects Justin Rose to come back to the pack.
it has been a bit of a special week. obviously to put inconsistent performances has been great. i had the first game, really well. put in consistent. my drive was to keep showing consistency. i m glad i did that in the end. a week ago, no one was talking about me. i was not part of the squad and everything has happened very quickly. i am just trying to take it in my stride, not focus too much on what people are saying and concentrate on what i m doing. now, golf s open championship is less than 2a hours away and rory mciroy says he won t repeat the mistakes he made at the tournament last time in 2019. a quadruple bogey on the first hole meant he ended up missing the cut at royal portrush. his form recently hasn t been great either. he also missed the cut at the scottish open this weekend. well, he ll be partnered