Holding the Yankees for Ransom

Hey guys, Mike here.

Ok, so I recently found out that someone within the Yankees organization is actually a murderer. I don't know who, or why, and I don't know who they murdered, all I know is that Cody Ransom is the only person in the world who saw it, and he will keep him mouth quiet, as long as he is kept on the major league roster. I would personally rather see Brian Cashman be locked away for 10-15, then see Cody Ransom have one more at bat with this team.

This will be quick, but look at these stats.

.200/.268/..347- Season stats
.200-.289-.415- Season vs. Righties
.176-.243-.265 - Season vs. Lefties (as a right handed hitter, these numbers should be better that his stats vs. righties; as a professional baseball player, they should be better than what I could do)
.121-.237-.242 - Season with the bases empty
.217-.280-.348 - Season with RISP
Finally, two less meaningful, yet still interesting stats.

When leading off an inning, that batter is supposed to try to get things started for the team. In 11 plate appearances leading off an inning, Ransom's numbers are mind numbingly bad- .000-.000-.000 Not one single hit.

Also, when seeing a pitcher for the first time in a game, Ransom is batting 000-.136-.000 . Again, not one single hit. (On a side note, thanks to http://www.riveraveblues.com/ for so easily sorting out all of these statistics)

It doesn't take a genius to understand why Cody Ransom has been on the roster up to this point, with A-Rod resting once a week, he was literally the only person in the organization who could play 3B, but now, we have Jerry Hairston Jr. Ransom played 1st yesterday? 1st?? You are just asking for a loss Girardi! With Tex DH'ing, you can easily slot Hinske (who has been killing the ball as a Yankee) into RF and put Swish at 1st. Anybody would be better than Ransom and now that we have Hairston, we don't need Ransom. Shelley Duncan would be a fine replacement. He can play RF, DH, 1B and obviously be a decent late game pinch hitter vs. lefties.

I am not saying Shelley Duncan is a great player, I'm not even saying he is a good player, but he will not give away outs in the manner that Ransom does. With A-rod DH'ing today, Hairston is playing 3b, which clearly shows he is the new back up 3B, so what is Ransom doing on the team?

Somebody please tell me!!!!!


Update- Wednesday August 5th

Cody Ransom has been Designated for Assignment.

That is all.

Update- Wednesday August 12th

Well, just because he is that terrible, the Yankees could not trade Cody Ransom and he cleared waivers. Yes, he cleared waivers. Anybody could have had him and all it would have cost was paying a month and a half of a minor league salary, and nobody wanted that responsibility.

Due to this, Cody Ransom has been able to be sent to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre and there is a chance that he will be seen in a Yankee uniform again someday, possibly next month with the September call-ups.

When will this horror movie end??