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Ah, Morgan Ensberg. Won a fantasy league for me one year, and then sucked the next.. hrmmm..
Ah, Morgan Ensberg. Won a fantasy league for me one year, and then sucked the next.. hrmmm..
My lifelong ambivalence to Morgan Ensberg just morphed, instantly, into dislike. Spring Training will tell us if that dislike turns into utter hatred.
It is amazing what a uniform can do to a relationship.
I don’t know, SF. My gut tells me we might end up loving Morgan Ensberg. He might be my favorite Yankee yet!
> Morgan, meet Jason, Shelley, Wilson….
and a shout out to Andy whom I hope finds his fortune with the Reds.
I must admit I didn’t think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over. That was my first impression of the man.
– I just love the way Morgan narrates.
I’d be ecstatic for him just to read me the phone book.
Wait, who?
Yankees tried to get guys like Ensberg and Milton Bradley earlier in the year, but couldn’t because Torre intimated to management that he wouldn’t play them.
I really like Morgan Ensberg for the Yankees. His on-base skills are simply amazing – look at his 2006 (.235/.396/.463). He also destroys lefties, making him a perfect candidate for the right-handed side of a platoon, or a right-handed power bat off the bench (which the Yankees have lacked since the days of Ruben Sierra).
agreed with AndrewYF. I like this signing. It probably won’t work out, but it’s worth the shot. He’s a decent player to take a flier on.
Agreed with the two above. A good signing if for no other reason than bench depth, esp against LHP.
vs. LHP –
Career: .284 .406 .530
2007: .257 .345 .486
2006: .245 .463 .553
2005: .299 .411 .575
Between, Shelly, Ensberg, Betemit, and Molina, that’s a tasty bench. And it’s a minor league deal! The Yanks lose nothing if he doesn’t make the club.
Hopefully there’s no more talk of Sean Casey :)
look at his 2006 (.235/.396/.463).
But look at his 2007: .230/.320/.404. Looks like pitchers stopped being so careful when it became clear his power was not as threatening. He still has good on-base skills to the tune of 100 extra points of OBP, but if he’s a .230 hitter now, that’s not very useful.
The big question is whether that was a fluke — even his lefty numbers took a big hit, and considering he’s turning 32, you have to wonder.
But, I should add, it’s not a bad signing by any means, especially as it’s an approach I’ve advocated for the Red Sox’ bullpen — sign as many guys as you can and let ’em duke it out.
By the way, the Mariners just signed Brad Wilkerson, so we won’t be seeing him in a Sox uniform this year (thank goodness). Maybe we’ll keep Coco as our backup outfielder?
Let’s hope his shoulder is in better shape for ’08. Could be a good pick up. Could be fairly useless. He’s better than a lot of other options, and it’s the first time in year (this millenium?) that our bench has looked like it would be a strength, especially with some combination of Giambi, Damon and Matsui riding it every night.
how nice would it be to have donnie around to help this crew out?
maybe that was the “family issues” that caused him to take a leave of absence from the dodgers?
if only.