Stats Bite

There are 598 players on Baseball Prospectus' VORP table for position players. At 323 you run into the zero-point-zero-kind-of-guy like Justin Ruggiano, Tony Clark, Mike Morse, and Eric Bruntlett. Last night's Yankee line-up featured: #410. Jason Giambi (-0.5), #502. Wilson Betemit (-1.7). #529. Jose Molina (-2.2), #574. Morgan Ensberg (-4.2), #597. Robinson Cano (-10.2). Curiously enough, each got hits while the priorly resurgent Johnny Damon and Melky Cabrera couldn't reach base and left eight men. #463, Shelly Duncan (-1.1), got the night off. It's only May seventh, but come June seventh it will be interesting (or painful and disconcerting) to look at this chart again, wondering if Cashman has the agent's cell phone number for guys like Ruggiano, Clark, Morse, and Bruntlett.