Mike Lamb

While I agree that Lamb is a big asset with the bat, he is a major hack with the glove. Maybe his bat would outweight his problems in the field.

He is a great player to have as a PH late in games but Ensberg is just not an everyday player with the bat.

At this point I would play Lamb everyday against righties and let Ensberg play against Lefties.

We need his bat !!!!

 

i don't think he's as bad in the field as other people think.

 

i agree.....while he may not be as good as morgan ensberg defensively, its not like ensberg is the 2nd coming of brooks robinson....lamb is an average fielder but gives us some nice lefty pop...i wouldnt mind seeing us trade ensberg and let Lamb play 3B full time (Viz could be a fill in here and there)

 

I agree. I want Lamb as a starter. The guy is money.

 

exactly..it's not so much that i think lamb is good...it's that i think the difference between ensberg and lamb in the field is not that pronounced.

 

I agree that Lamb is not horrible but Ensberg does have the leg up on him with the glove.

I would be willing to overlook his shortcomings just to get the benefit of bat in the lineup as much as possible. Lord knows we need it right now.

With the pitching we have been getting, all we need is a few more runs and we could be competing for the division lead.

 

I think you all are giving Lamb too much credit with the glove. He's an average fielder? Please! He's one of the worst fielder's I've ever seen. The reason he's not an everyday player is because of his glove. He's a great hitter, but his glove holds him back. And I agree, he's a great pinch hitter late in games.

 

i agree with this. but how much better?? what impact does that differential have on the game??? i don't know. but i'd be willing to gamble with that.

 

well I think Ensberg is good enough with the glove that all things being equal ( such as if he was batting around 300 with some power) I would prefer him over Lamb and use Lamb's bat for PH duties.

However, that is not the case since Ensberg has not shown enough with has bat to convince me to play him everyday.

Lamb needs the lions share of the PT.

 

I'm still trying to figure out why Garner is going with either of these guys in the clean-up spot....

 

What has Lamb not done in the cleanup spot to warrant this discrimination... he's had an RBI almost every night this week.

Also, who else do you put there... Lane hasn't hit anything in 2 weeks, Ensberg's a singles and 2B's hitter, Biggio is the ideal #2 guy, and Everett is Everett.

 

I love what Lamb is doing, but I wonder whats going to happen when Berkman comes back. I would like to see Lamb take over the starter's job at 3B but now Ensberg is getting hot so I don't see Garner sitting Ensberg. So it looks like its back to the bench for Lamb until Ensberg hits one of his slumps. Thats too bad cause having Lamb in the lineup sparks this team.

 

It will definitely be interesting to see what Garner does after Berkman comes back. Looks like MoBerg has his head straightened out after some words with management & getting dropped in the lineup - much more aggressive at the plate in rbi situations over the past week. I'd start Mo at 3rd:
against LHP;
against certain RHP that give Lamb & other LHB trouble and/or against RH pitchers Mo's hit well (and vice/versa);
whenever Andy is pitching - his bread & butter is busting RHB inside with the cut fastball & gets a ton of grounders to the left side, no way you want Lamb over there in his starts.

As long as they're both hot, as they are now, I'd invision pretty much a 50-50 split on the field & then adjust the p.t. as things shake out. Or just find a new 3B, since it's the only position really available for upgrade offensively (SS too, but run producing/good fielding SS's are about the rarest commodity in baseball, along with catcher). Easier said than done, though.

On another note, Ausmus needs to catch Zeke, Chavez has zero ability to block balls in the dirt, and Zeke's needs confidence that he can get his splitter down, sometimes way down, without worrying about the catcher. Same with Clemens. Chavez can catch Roy & Backe if he's going to get more than one start a week.