WHY WE COULD USE MELKY CABRERA RIGHT NOW

Yeah, that’s right I said it all in that title.  I’m the same guy that suggested that moving Robinson Cano’s best friend away from the Bronx was the best thing for Cano. Well, it’s may have been the best thing for Melky Cabrera too.  He’s about to make a run at history, that’s baseball at it’s best and if you haven’t seen Roger Schlueter’s piece on MLB.Com HERE, you need to, you’ll appreciate Melky Cabrera so much more.  Schlueter’s piece reads: “Baseball’s all-time mark for the most hits in a season by a swistch-hitter is 230, shared by Pete Rose in 1973 and Willie Wilson in 1980.”

OK, you see where I’m going with this? Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants has apparently become the only switch hitter in the expansion era to have 50 hits in the month of May.  According to Schlueter “…at this point (Melky’s) far outpaced what Wilson and Rose did in their record setting seasons.” Right now, the Melk man has 78 hits this season “through the team’s first 50 games.”

Now, I’m not a betting man, but I could pretty much predict that that type of energy right now on the New York Yankees would make Yankee fans rejoice and bring a significant amount of situational hitting back to the club that has forgotten all about the importance of small ball.  Melky Cabrera was always a hardworker on the New York Yankees, but both Robinson Cano and he together was a recipe for disaster.  There was no question he and Cano were partner’s in crime together.  They were 2 young kids playing for the greatest franchise in sports history.  It’s easy to get caught up in that.  I believe that the Yankees made the right move trading him away and I kick myself for even suggesting that we need a guy like Melky in our lineup right now to jump start small ball and an energy we clearly lack…but yeah, I’m kicking myself.

Without a Brett Gardner or the fundamentals of hitting, not homers, we are missing something. Sure, last season at this same time we were having the same problems. Read YANKS ARE DUCKS ON THE POND because it’s 1 year ago and it’s the same damn thing that we’re talking about.

I wish Melky well this season, good for him.  To be on a run with someone like Pete Rose is not only historic, it’s a terrific confidence builder and no doubt he’s feeling good.  Should the Yankees do everything they can to get Melky back? No! Bottom line...we have the talent, but we’re not utilizing it and we have to.  Sadly, we shouldn’t have to wait for Brett Gardner to come back to get the energy going.  Situational hitting Yanks… let’s do this!

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