Wake Up, Doug Mientkiewicz
Doug Mientkiewicz is about to get a wakeup call. Brian Daubach was called up from AAA Norfolk to take Miguel Cairo‘s roster spot after Cairo was placed on the DL. Daubach is a first baseman and outfielder with some pop. Like Mientkiewicz, Daubach doesn’t hit for good average but he’s agressive and has a little pop in his bat. With Mientkiewicz hitting at around the Medoza lineyou can expect to get a good look at Daubach at first base. You can also expect to see him in the outfield with all three starting outfielders suffering from various ailments and needing a little more rest than they would if they were healthy. Daubach is a mjor league caliber player. He’s not the right answer to fixing first base (a Mientkiewicz type player who can hit at least as well as Mientkiewicz was expected too would suffice) but he gives Willie Randolph another option that he didn’t have before.
In the meantime you would expect Kazuo Matsui to get a vote of confidence now that his primary competition at second base is on the DL. But Randolph said he will not give the everyday job to Matsui. Instead Randolph said he’ll give some playing time to Chris Woodward and Marlon Anderson. Considering the two week timetable on Cairo’s return (he’s eligible to come off the DL on June 30) there’s not alot of time to be playing 3 guys at one position. I have a feeling that Matsui’s playing time won’t change much from what it’s been the last few weeks with Woodward and Anderson filling the time that would have been allotted to Cairo.
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OMG NOBODY TALK BAD ABOUT DOUG HE WAS THE COOLEST GUY EVER…….I WENT TO THE GAME ON JULY 24, 2005 ND ME ND MY FRIENDZ WERE SCREAMING HIS NAME ALL GAME ND HE ALWAYZ LOOKED AS US