Yankees Beat Writers Can’t Read A Depth Chart
Apr 8th, 2008 by J-Bla
The always dependable Yankees beat writers have been throwing a hissy fit over talk - talk they created, mind you - about temporarily moving A-rod to short, since Jeter’s leg fell off. (Special Baseball Cancer note: Jeter’s not on my team!) Yahoo offers this synopsis:
If it were longer, who knows? As you know, wrote John Harper of the New York Daily News, Alex Rodriguez was once a pretty fair shortstop. For a variety of reasons, it seems highly unlikely the Yankees would move Rodriguez back to shortstop barring a season-ending injury to Jeter, yet the shocker of the night was that Girardi didn’t dismiss the notion when someone asked the inevitable A-Rod question. Girardi said the A-Rod option would be discussed internally.
Please consult the Yankees’ depth chart. A-rod’s not even listed in the shortstop spot, and were he moved to short, that opens third base to Wilson Betemit, who’s … already slotted to take over duties at short. Also of note is he’s six years younger than A-rod, and while A-rod isn’t exactly past his expiration date, his range factor at third was under 3.00. I don’t know what any of that means, but it sounds bad.