Ramiro It Is

As I told you weeks ago, Ramiro Pena was in the running to start the season as the UT until ARod comes back. He was so in the running, in fact, that they gave him the job today, DFA'ing Dan Giese to make room on the 40. Pena can bunt and run, and is the kind of guy that if you tell him to walk more, he'll walk more. He has little to no power, but he has gold glove ability at SS, 2B and 3B and could probably go catch everything and use his strong arm in the OF, too. The Yanks 40 man roster remains jampacked; however, and I wouldn't be surprised to see an early season trade or two to unjam it. Go Yanks!