Comments on: Johnny Damon’s Part On Yankees Recent Winning Ways http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/92 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rich http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/92/comment-page-1#comment-79 Rich Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:09:23 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/92#comment-79 And Torre has used Duncan too. Wonders never cease. And Torre has used Duncan too.

Wonders never cease.

]]> By: Rich http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/92/comment-page-1#comment-74 Rich Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:02:03 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/92#comment-74 When you expand the analysis to include the fact that the cost of using Damon as the DH is that it prevents him from being on the DL (which he should have been on in April when he was first injured) and finally getting healthy, it is apparent that Damon is not Torre's best choice for DH. Shelley Duncan is the best choice, if a spot on the 40 man roster can be freed up. Of course, Torre would never use him so the point is as moot as Britton or Ramirez being regularly used members of the pen. When you expand the analysis to include the fact that the cost of using Damon as the DH is that it prevents him from being on the DL (which he should have been on in April when he was first injured) and finally getting healthy, it is apparent that Damon is not Torre's best choice for DH.

Shelley Duncan is the best choice, if a spot on the 40 man roster can be freed up. Of course, Torre would never use him so the point is as moot as Britton or Ramirez being regularly used members of the pen.

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