Author: Andrew SwansonThe career of Justin Morneau is story worthy of a Hollywood movie script. A star athlete from Canada becomes a professional athlete in baseball, despite the fact that his first love was Hockey. His meteoric rise to the upper echelon of baseball’s elite culminated with an American League MVP award in 2005 after a breakout .321/34/130 season for the Minnesota Twins.As is always the case in Hollywood, a feel good story like Morneau’s must have negative twists and turns to add drama. The first turn for the worse occurred in 2009 when Morneau missed the final month of the season after sustaining a stress fracture in his back. His second injury proved to be far more severe, as Morneau missed the majority of the 2010 and 2011 seasons with effects from post-concussion syndrome.At just 30 years of age, Morneau enters the 2012 season as one of the most intriguing late round fantasy baseball players. If he can stay healthy, his current ADP of 155 on mock draft central mak...
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April 02, 2012
