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Matsui Could be the Next Victim of the DL...

If Matsui heads to the DL, the amount of injuries suffered by the Yankees this year would almost be comical... but not quite. The Yankees need his high average and OBP, look at his stats this year:

2008 Season Stats
SPLITS G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
Season 69 251 37 81 13 0 7 34 31 30 0 0 .323 .404 .458 .862
Career 750 2806 468 834 171 10 110 496 345 393 12 6 .297 .373 .483 .856
Last 7 3 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .364 .417 .364 .780
Projected 153 557 82 180 29 0 16 75 69 67 0 0 .323 .404 .458 .862

from: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080626&content_id=3010709&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

Ignore his unflattering RBI's and Runs because, if he is able to maintain his batting average, and continues to hit in the 5-spot, either he accumulates RBI's or the Yanks are in trouble.

"Girardi acknowledged that the team will discuss the option of placing the designated hitter on the disabled list when it returns to New York."
from: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080626&content_id=3010709&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

As fans, we can only hope that:
a.) he doesn't go on the DL
b.) he doesn't play injured, hurting his output

If he is as hurt as it looks, looks like either option is a possibility...

from: http://yankeebible.blogspot.com

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I nominate you for Master of the Obvious award.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Jun 29, 2008 9:04 AM EDT   0 recs

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