Alex Rodriguez tweaked his calf muscle in last night’s game and is out of the lineup tonight. There’s a chance he could pinch hit, but for now he’s day-to-day.
In his place: Ramiro Pena. Nothin’ personal against Pena, but is there a bigger falloff between the starter and his backup in all of Major League Baseball than the falloff from A-Rod to Pena? At least for backups who get used a fairly decent amount of the time?
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- RickyB - Aug 17, 2010 at 4:51 PM
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Ramiro Peña
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- YankeesfanLen - Aug 17, 2010 at 4:54 PM
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There probably is quite a fall-off, but a worse one is the Beckman-for-Tex disaster.
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- El Bravo - Aug 17, 2010 at 4:56 PM
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Fantasy lineup adjusted accordingly – Thank you. He better not hit a pinch-hit grand slam on my bench or I’m blaming you Craig.
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- okobojicat - Aug 17, 2010 at 5:15 PM
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Whoever subs for Pujols. Could be Stan the Man and it’d still be a big down grade
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- SouthofHeaven - Aug 17, 2010 at 5:15 PM
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Pena’s not too bad. I mean, he’s not gonna blast 3 homers in a night, but he can get on base & is decently clutch.
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- jde - Aug 17, 2010 at 6:14 PM
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Pena’s OBP is .239…
….and WTH is “decently clutch?”
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- alterity - Aug 17, 2010 at 6:26 PM
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seriously. pena sucks–SUCKS–with the bat. this sounds like sterling’s “best .200 hitter in baseball” BS.
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- Ryne - Aug 17, 2010 at 6:51 PM
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Joe Mauer to Drew Butera?
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- RickyB - Aug 17, 2010 at 8:46 PM
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Apparently the comments section doesn’t care for one of the symbols I used and truncated my comment. What I meant was Ramiro Peña (symbol for less than) Alvaro Espinoza, who featured an OPS+ of 66 over 12 (!) seasons. Perhaps Ramiro Peña (symbol for equals) Jim Walewander …
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- doctorfunke - Aug 18, 2010 at 1:52 PM
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Offensively, yes. Defensively, they’re pretty close.
