Monday, January 1, 2007

Jeff Johnson: Team Captain

Player Profile:
Jeff enters his fourth season as Team Captain as a Warrior. He was one of the pioneers of the resurrection of the church softball team at the beginning part of this decade.

Although Jeff is coming off of shoulder surgery this season, he is still expected to have a huge impact at the plate. Last season was frustrating for Jeff as he walloped 18 homeruns. However, 8 of those were for outs. He just couldn't harness his power and the timing of his homeruns were never quite right. This year, with a recovering shoulder and a mighty new Super Freak in his hands, look for Jeffrey to seriously scare a half-dozen infielders and mash 15 legit homeruns.

Because of that shoulder surgery, Jeff will again be religated to first base or catcher duty initially. Hopefully, as the season progresses and the shoulder gets stronger, he'll be able to move around to the outfield a little bit.

Jeff has hit 19 homeruns in the last three years and with some fortunate timing, he may reach that number this season.

Personal Notes:
Jeff has been married to Sarah for 8 years and they have three children: Bailey, 10, Tyler, 7, and Jacob, 5. Jeff is an avid outdoorsman and oftentimes you'll see him rubbing two bats together to try and start a fire in the on-deck circle. He hunts and fishes frequently and based on his homerun shows in batting practice, he enjoys strength training five times a week. He and his family are members of Resurrection Life Church in Eden Prairie where his children win the Grand Prix race car contest every year in kids' church. Oddly enough, their grandfather is one of the judges....hmmmm.

2010 Projected Stats:
g -h -ab -r -rbi -2b -3b- hr- bb- k-sf- tob-obo- avg- oba- slg- ops
25
-52-91-44-48-10 -1-15 -6 -1 -3 -59-100 -.571-.590-1.198-1.788

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