Are you sure Hatteberg is a switch hitter? I think that once Dye regains his form, he will be moved up in the order and “Hatte” will be moved down or out.
I can’t tell you why I thought Hatteberg was a switch-hitter. Somewhere I looked I must have seen the telltale “B,” next to bats, but that was wrong. Hatte’s a lefty and what I wasn’t wrong about is his futility against lefties.
Hatteberg has been DHing because David Justice has been out with a strained groin. Justice is due back Tuesday, which should make Hatteberg a spare part again, as he should be. The larger point, that Oakland is team lacking depth, is still the main point. And why, if you had to play Hatte, you’d bat him third, remains beyond me.