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12/12: Thoughts on Bernie

Posted by: James

It seems that a lot of people have been weighing in on Bernie William's status with the Yankees for next year. Patrick would like to see him back and has his reasons why. I personally am a huge fan of Bernie (I have a little statue of Bernie going back on a fly ball at my desk) but I have witnessed his slippage as a player and I can see the reasons why his roster spot might be better used. Larry Mahnken over at RLYW has an article up expressing his feelings on the matter and I have to admit, I find myself agreeing with most of his points. Bernabe, I love you, my man. However, watching you trying to catch up to fastballs that you used to pummel has been a very sad experience for me...the end of an era, really.

If the Yankees do resign Bernie, he would take Ruben Sierra's place as a DH/pinch-hitter/reserve outfielder so you're probably looking at 300-350 at bats. In comparison, Bernie had 485 ABs last year.

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Joseph P. wrote:

Such a conundrum here. Bernie seems more adequate a hitter than most of the bench players left on the free agent market. But we all know that he'll get more than his share of playing time because of Joe Torre's loyalty.

So do the Yanks take an inferior hitter for a fourth/fifth outfielder, or take Bernie's bat knowing that he'll get far too many at-bats, and possibly time in the outfield?

12/13 11:14:37

Michael wrote:

I don't like to think of it as "are we settling for Bernie?"

I would much rather take my chances with another year of Bernie in the same role as last year, than to bring in any inferior hitter. I trust Torre to make the right call. Heck, I've been trusting Torre since '96.

12/13 14:15:03

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12/12: Thoughts on Bernie

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