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ARam why must you smite me?



So it was last Sunday evening, July 4th. Word was that Aramis Ramirez was injured with his perpetually ailing thumb. He didn't even play that day and was suspected of possibly headed back to the DL. So I do the wise thing and not start him. Hell why should I start him, even if healthy? His season to date line on the 4th was .177/.242/.297. He had, up to that point, accounted for nothing more than filling up Lou Piniella's sleep with nightmares. So ARam sits and I start another next to nothing in the Kung Fu Panda...aka Pablo Sandoval, who has a whopping 6 homers just past the season's mid point.

And as expected, Mr. Kung Fu laid an egg this week (again). What has ARam done? He's pretty much had a career week already with a day to go. He's got seven extra base hits, including 4 homers; 9 rbi's and 10 runs scored. He had 10 rbi's and 12 runs scored in May and June combined.

I guess I have to put the hot bat in the line up for next week. So I guess I will go with ARam at 3b next week. As my extra hitter my choices are Kung Fu, Tyler Colvin or grabbing someone off the wire. I wish the Nats would make up their mind and give the RF job to either Morse or Bernadina. Morse kinda has Ryan Ludwick written all over him if he could just stay healthy. But we've been complaining about his health for years. Bernadina, I like. He's not really readable and possibly has a real high upside. Or he could flat line as league average. I don't think either of them will match Colvin though. He's a stud. My FA choices are really narrowed down to Pat Burrell, who's in a funk right now. But then again, so is Colvin, whom I've started at my EH position the past few weeks. This league is NL only, 10 team, h2h.