Damaso Marte Watch

Some of you may know that Damaso Marte is one of my favorite players on the Yankees. Why you may ask ? Well I love that hes a lefty and is always able to get lefty batters out. This season before he got hurt Lefty batters were hitting just .146 against him.

Anyways Marte went on the DL back in July with a sore left shoulder, since then he has been forgotten about due to the performance of Boone Logan. Marte threw a bullpen session on August 21st to try out his sore shoulder and complained that he still felt pain. As of now it is possible that the next time we see the Dominican lefty will be in 2011, the final year on his current contract.

A-Rod could be looking at a DL stint

Just when Alex Rodriguez had returned to the line up Friday night, he left once again. A-Rod had been recovering from a left calf strain but after one at bat in the Yanks 6-0 loss to the Mariners, Rodriguez was taken out of the game. After the game Joe Girardi said that a DL stint is possible.

This has been one of the most difficult seasons for A-Rod with all the injuries, and comes at a hard time for the Yankees who have become a mess with the amount of injuries. Since A-Rod has been out of the line up the Yankees have done their best, but if you look back to last season when Alex missed the first month and a half the Yanks struggled a lot during that time. Even though A-Rod wasn't having his best season he was still a league leader in RBI's.

Any extended amount of time with Andy Pettitte (Groin) , Alex Rodriguez and Nick Johnson on the DL is going to hurt the Yankees a lot during time in which they only have a slim small game lead over the Rays. But if the Yanks are willing to take a wild card slot then this all could be a blessing in disguise. What I mean is that since the Yankees are an older team, it could lead to having two of their most important pieces healthy during October.