DETROIT – Logan Forsythe has proved to be a pretty good utility player so far with the Twins.
Utility hitter, that is.
Forsythe has been a fixture at second since being dealt to the Twins on July 31 as part of the Brian Dozier trade with the Dodgers. In just 11 games with the Twins, he's batted leadoff, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. That includes Sunday, when he was the leadoff hitter for the second time. That has made it easier for manager Paul Molitor to fill out a lineup card.
It also helps when Forsythe is hitting. He entered Sunday batting .405 in his first 10 games as a Twin, including five multi-hit games.
"His at-bats have been really consistent and he's gotten a lot of hits," Molitor said. "He's been part of a lot of our run-scoring opportunities here the last week."
His single in the eighth inning Sunday extended his hitting streak to a career-high 10 games. That put the tying run on with two outs, but Jorge Polanco struck out to end the inning.
Molitor is just getting to know Forsythe, but he has been impressed. He arrives early, talking about the game. And he's willing to stay late, talking about the game.
"Guys develop reputations of being professional," Molitor said. "It's probably an overused word, but it's guys that can go out and adapt and understand what it takes to play, no matter where you are or what circumstances you find yourself in, given trades or free agency or all the things that can happen to a player throughout his career.
