Morgan Ensberg eh?

Come on Mark Shapiro. I keep telling you to mix up the roster, and this is the kind of stunt you pull. You bring in Morgan Ensberg? Come on, give me a break. Yes, the 3rd base position is rather awful with Casey as the full time starter and Marte playing sparingly. But Ensberg can not be counted on to be a starting 3rd baseman and he's pretty much just another strikeout machine. The Astros no longer wanted him, the Padres tried, and failed. The Yankees didn't even want him and they're notorious for keeping formerly good players on the roster. Ensberg hit 36 Homers with 101 RBI and a .283 batting average in 2005. That is a fantastic season, but he's struggled since. He's been a .230 average hitter since and looks foolish the majority of the time and is always a strikout threat. He's really not that great of a 3rd baseman either, in the same category as Casey. So unless Shapiro wants him to DH, Casey will still probably get the majority of the time if he gets called up. Keep trying Mark, you'll figure it out eventually...hopefully.