After watching Jung Ho Kang adjust well to Major League Baseball, Paul Molitor is hopeful that Byung Ho Park can be the designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins on Opening Day.

The Twins signed Park to a four-year, $12 million this offseason.

"When I saw [Kang] last spring, he looked like he was fairly beatable as a hitter, but when we saw him in the summer, he had done what he needed to do to put together productive, competitive at-bats," Molitor said. "So I don't know how those two will relate over time, but I think there has to be some type of comparison there."

Park will be monitored throughout Spring Training.

"It will be important to make sure that we stay in his ear this spring about not worrying about any frustration with whatever adjustment period he has to go through," Molitor said. "I think we are going to need to be patient with him. If he's ready to go as an everyday guy come Opening Day, that would be fantastic, and if he needs a little time to kind of pick matchups a little bit more favorable and those type of things until we get him going, that's fine."