Morgan Ensberg
Posted by Steve L. on June 1st, 2008 · Comments (2)
Good-bye Morgan. I’m sure some on the team will miss him – as he managed to become close to some of the guys quickly. (He always seemed to be in the mix with Hughes, Kennedy and Mussina.) But, hey, you have to produce – at least something – and Morgan was not doing that for the Yankees.
How bad was Morgan Ensberg this season? Not as bad as Wil Nieves was last year – but close to it. Ensberg was just as bad as Dale Sveum in 1998 – and worse than guys like Josh Phelps in 2007 and Bubba Trammell in 2003. So, like them, it was time to go. Shelley Duncan could be next – because he’s been just as bad as Ensberg, so far, this season.
It hasn’t been a good year for the Duncans.
You could see this move coming. I’m sure Ensberg did, too. I’m happy to see Patterson up with the club. He’s bounced back from a so-so start in AAA. I thought it might be Robertson, who’s been killing it in AAA, but they went with Patterson instead.
They also said Dan Giese will be coming up Tuesday to piggy-back Joba’s pitch-count-hampered outing.