So Wilson Betemit is back on the DL this time with a strained hammy. Betemit has managed to not walk once this entire season-26 at bats, 7 hits, 7 strikeouts, and 0 walks. Not sure that that is what the Yankees wanted when they traded for Wilson last season. Betemit isn't exactly a great fielder either, taking ARod's spot at 3rd base, Betemit has look lost recently. In Friday night's game against the Tigers Betemit misplayed 3 balls in a row that were hit his way. Now that Betemit is hurt Morgan Ensberg will be given the opportunity to start regularly. Ensberg has struggled this season offensively, his first as a backup, but he is a very good fielder. He clearly is not much of an improvement over Betemit, if at all. Even with Ensberg at 3rd, the Yankees are still a total wreck at the position. Calling up Alberto Gonzalez, who was brought up to the Bigs to take Betemit's spot wont help matters much either. If ARod's injury is as mild as the Yankees seem to believe it is than this will hopefully be behind them soon enough. However, if ARod is out for an extended period of time, as many press sources are stating, then there will be a serious issue for the Yankees to deal with. They already need to find a catcher who can hit, since Moeller and Molina are not the answers there, they need to find another quality starter because Kei Igawa is still a member of the Yankees' rotation and Kei Igawa should not be in anyone's rotation, so if you add starting 3rd baseman and heart of the lineup to that list it looks as though this could be a very long season for the Yankees and their fans.
-Mose
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