Ramirez to have MRI

[Clapp]

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He is out of the game again today. We should have put him on the DL and called someone up...who cares if we can't use him until the 10th, at least he would be 100% by then. We have been playing shorthanded on the bench for a week now, is it really worth it to continue shorthanded to get Ramirez back maybe 5 days earlier?
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They said he'd be ready this weekend, so that's a week earlier. I don't want our best player out a week if he doesn't need to be.
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Unfortunately having our best hitter back won't make the rest of the lineup hit.
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So... you'd rather him sit out even if he's fine? I don't see your point.