Molitor pleased with quality of Vargas’ at-bats

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DETROIT — First baseman Kennys Vargas made his season debut for the Twins back on July 4 after spending the first part of the season at Triple-A Rochester. Vargas returned by hitting .471 with three home runs and four RBIs over six games leading into the All-Star break.

He had lost some of that power coming out of the break, entering Wednesday’s series finale in Detroit having gone 3-for-15 in four games since, but that’s nothing Twins manager Paul Molitor didn’t expect.

“But I think the quality at-bats have still been pretty good,” Molitor said. “He’s chasing a little bit, and maybe taking some pitches early in the count where I want him to be a little more aggressive.”

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