It's no secret that the Twins have not gotten the Christian Vazquez they were hoping for when he signed a three year deal with the club before last season. Fortunately, the wound isn't grievous, as he is still a good defensive backstop, and Ryan Jeffers has ably stepped in and is now among the better hitting catchers in the league.
But still, he is an easy scapegoat for a fanbase that needs someone to blame when things aren't going well. Obviously, the blame will always go to the suits not playing the game, but Vazquez is often the example naysayers bring to the table. With ample reason.
The start of July and really the end of June as well, have been explosive for the Twins. They've had their 25 game home run streak, there was Jose Miranda's record, Brooks Lee's debut, Buxton is coming around, Correa has been on fire... and meanwhile, almost unnoticed by everyone, there is Christian Vazquez.
So far in the month of July, he's played three games, hit .500, with 2 home runs and 6 runs batted in, which has brought his season's average to over .200. In the 7 run attempted come back against the Astros, Vazquez had a clutch ground rule double, and then today he hit the walk off home run against Josh Hader.
It's not much, but it's something. And in July so far, Vazquez has really been something.
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