Each day, "Piss and Wynegar" will present Yankees "player previews" for the coming 2008 season. In what can only be referred to as a "revelatory" strategy, we will use statistics, as well as opinion, to further our analysis.Is this kid excited, or just retarded? Of all the Duncans in the league, Shelley is definitely the most fun. If nothing else, the tension created by watching him nearly put every one of his teammates on the DL with a broken arm makes watching each and every game worthwhile. Shelley, who we have affectionately dubbed, “Lenny,” strikes us as the newest Shane Spencer. Which is to say, he has come out of nowhere, hit a lot of homeruns, and will soon be exposed as not being very good at baseball.
Look, Lenny is fun. He was clearly in awe of his teammates and, in a way, he reminded us that these guys are playing a kid’s game and that it’s supposed to be (gasp!) fun. The only problem is, what does Girardi do with him in 2008? Duncan doesn’t have a position (at least Shane Spencer was an actual outfielder) and on-the-job training doesn’t sound too appealing, especially with Giambi, Damon, and Matsui already in defensive limbo. Offensively, too, as entertaining as his homerun stroke was in ’07, it seems more likely that the .257 AVG Shelley posted is the statistic more likely to be repeated than his 1:10 HR/AB ratio. We don’t mean to shit all over the kid, but he may not be the best fit for this year’s team. And, really, those elbow bashes are just plain dangerous.
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