Apr 20th 2008 2:51PM by Tom Fornelli
The Minnesota Twins have always had high hopes for Jason Kubel, but due to a number of leg injuries in his young career, Kubel has never been able to produce the type of numbers that were expected from him. The most games he’s ever managed to stay healthy for during an entire season was 128 last season, and Kubel finished the year with a line of .273/.335/.785, hitting 13 homers and driving in 65 along the way. Not a bad season, but certainly nothing worth getting too excited over.

Now in 2008, Jason’s feeling better than ever and even though this season’s numbers aren’t showing it (.250/.270/.703) he’s thinking that a contract extension would be a wonderful thing to sign after this season is over.”I’m trying to show them my legs are good and that I can be counted on for the entire season,” said Kubel, who missed the entire 2005 season because of a knee injury but rebounded to appear in 128 games last year. “If I can get 500 at-bats and have a good year, hopefully that will put some pressure on (the Twins) to do something so I can stay here.”Well, Jason, I hate to break it to you, but your bosses don’t exactly feel the same way at the moment.Continue Reading