There's A Hole...In My Lineup
So far the "Merry Merry Month of May" has been anything but that for the Yankees' catchers. Combined they are 4-for-29 with 1 RBI (.138 AVG). That is absolutley putrid and below their combined career numbers (.233 AVG combined). Jorge Posada is starting to do some light throwing, but he is three weeks away at best and probably more. The Yankees can't even be sure he will be able to return as a catcher on a full-time basis because his shoulder needs surgery, they just hope he can wait until November.
The Yankees need to go out and trade for a backup catcher who can hit. Failing that, let's bring Stewart up from AAA again and see if he can hit. I'm not sure he can, but he does have the benefit of some youth on his side. Either way, the Yankees know what Moeller and Molina can do with the bat and it isn't much.
The Yankees are 18-19, they have scored exactly the same number of runs as they have allowed. They either need to pitch better or hit better to break out of this funk and that is hard to do when you have a hole in both the lineup and rotation. Ideally, you fix both, but realistically nobody is going to trade you a starter in May. So, try and find some offense and catcher would be a wise place to start.
