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Yankees Designate Angel Berroa For Assignment
According to Peter Abraham at the Journal-News, the Yankees have designated infielder Angel Berroa for assignment to make space for utilityman Cody Ransom.
Berroa, 31, put up a rough .356 OPS in 22 at-bats for the Yanks. He's notable for his Rookie of the Year campaign for the Royals in 2003, but he's been on a pretty steep decline since then.
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Berroa is awful and doesn't belong on an MLB roster. Especially not the one of a 200++ MM team.
Posted by: melonis rex | June 24, 2009 at 06:25 PM
he saved the dodgers last yr, but he isnt a MLB player anymore, IMO
Posted by: lakersdodgersyankees4life | June 24, 2009 at 06:47 PM
He hasn't been an MLB player since 2004.
Posted by: PJH | June 24, 2009 at 07:42 PM
Weak bat but very good defense. He could still find a place on a team as a utility infielder.
Posted by: BlueSky | June 24, 2009 at 07:44 PM
DFA Berroa for Ransom?
Good God. That's like saying you are going to have bamboo stuffed under your nails instead of a kick to the nuts.
Crap for crap yet Grudz remains unsigned. Cashman/McFly...Hello?
Posted by: InvalidUserID | June 24, 2009 at 07:54 PM
"Good God. That's like saying you are going to have bamboo stuffed under your nails instead of a kick to the nuts."
InvalidUserID
^^^ That is hilarious.
Posted by: DeepFriedBaseball119 | June 24, 2009 at 08:05 PM
"Weak bat but very good defense.
Posted by: BlueSky | June 24, 2009 at 07:44 PM"
I can tell you haven't seen him play in the last few years.
Posted by: maximumpotential | June 24, 2009 at 08:17 PM
Can anyone else even fathom how bad you have to be for a .356ops. Only two singles in 22abs.
Posted by: bravoboy10 | June 24, 2009 at 08:24 PM
who ??
Posted by: TripleHHH | June 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM
"I can tell you haven't seen him play in the last few years."
Yes I did. Last year for the Dodgers.
Where he had a weak bat and very good defense.
Posted by: BlueSky | June 25, 2009 at 12:27 PM
"Yes I did. Last year for the Dodgers.
Where he had a weak bat and very good defense."
Berroa had a -4.6 UZR and -9.3 UZR/150 at Short
How can Dodger fans here really give Berroa any credit with a straight face? Hu (-0.9, -5.0) was a better SS. Maza (-0.7, -8.2,) was a better SS. Even Nomar (-4.5, -8.5,) was a better SS. Berroa was just an all around joke.
Posted by: SuzysMan | June 25, 2009 at 01:06 PM
I'll always remember the bouncer to shortstop that somehow got between the two buttons in his shirt and stuck inside. Hahahah.
He was a character. He clearly was having a lot of fun on the Dodgers last year, even if he was pathetic with the bat most of the time. Not sure why a team like the Yankess picked him up, wouldn't figure he'd last there. Good luck to him wherever he ends up.
SuzysMan - Berroa did have a brief stint of 3-4 weeks where he hit about .330 for the Dodgers, when we were getting absolutely nothing out of Hu or Maza with the bat, and Nomar was injured. So, I guess we appreciate Berroa for that. And he was entertaining off the field, too.
Posted by: dodgersdan | June 25, 2009 at 01:20 PM
But statistically, he was the worst fielding short stop you all used. In turn, that “very good defense” garbage should be taken to the curb. That was my point.
Posted by: SuzysMan | June 25, 2009 at 01:37 PM