Erick Aybar has outplayed Luis Sardinas this spring and won the starting nod at shortstop on Opening Day for San Diego. "[...]

Seeking a series sweep of the lowly Minnesota Twins, the Detroit Tigers will rest one of their newest every day starters Shortstop Erick Aybar, who arrived in Detroit from the Atlanta Braves just over a week ago, will get the day off. Andrew Romine will replace Aybar and bat ninth. Cameron Maybin, m[...]

After a disappointing few months in a Braves uniform, Erick Aybar was sent to Detroit to fill in at shortstop with Jose Iglesias on the DL. Once upon a time, Aybar hit .312 (2009), stole 30 bases (2011) and made the All-Star game (2014). This year, Aybar hit .242 with three steals and five times cau[...]

Erick Aybar had a rare productive day at the plate, hitting his second home run of the season in a three-hit effort. Aybar has shown signs of life recently, hitting .356 in the last 15 games. Given the fact his season average sits at .240 and he has two HR and three SB for the entire year, he couldn[...]

Erick Aybar looked to have a brief revival after his return from the disabled list, hitting .302 in June. His average is back down to .209 after going hitless in three at-bats and leaving five men on base Friday. Aybar has just one hit in his last 22 AB and is reminding us why we forgot about him in[...]

Erick Aybar returned from the disabled list on Sunday, and has hits in each game since his return. Tonight, he will take the bench while Chase D’Arnaud plays shortstop and bats second. D’Arnaud has had a nice season so far, hitting .309/.362/.402 over 97 at-bats with four stolen bases. Tonight t[...]

Erick Aybar was activated from the disabled list and started Sunday. He responded with a 1-for-4 performance which actually raised his average to .184. Aybar has also contributed zero home runs and two stolen bases on the season. Needless to say, he should be ignored in every possible format. Daniel[...]

Chase d'Arnaud has found a spot in the struggling Atlanta offense this season. Following an injury for SS Erick Aybar, d’Anaud has taken over at the position and has hit well. He has slashed .314/.384/.429 over 70 at-bats and has collected 30 hits in that time. The drawback is that, despite the re[...]

The Atlanta Braves are forced to place Erick Aybar on the 15-day disabled list with a right foot contusion after he was hit by a pitch by Adam Conley during Friday's game against the Miami Marlins. Daniel Castro will see a bulk of the starts at shortstop while Aybar heals up. He is worth adding in d[...]

How Erick Aybar is still starting at shortstop for the Braves is anybody's guess. In an all too familiar scenario, Aybar went 0-for-2 Thursday. He is down to a .184 AVG with a .217 OBP. Aybar hit .270 just last season and is a career .274 hitter, so there is still hope that he can turn it around. [...]