So, it would seem that the top of the Yankee lineup isn’t hitting. Well. At all.
Back in the last millennium, Joe Torre would on occasion see this, and his solution to the problem would be to shake the line up around–do crazy things, like bat Knoblauch sixth or whatnot–until the offense started to hit again.
In that vein, I invite suggestions from you, loyal reader, as to how you would go and construct a slump-busting batting order for Tuesday’s game in Minnesota.
Caveats:
1) Current injuries apply. No including Johnson or Posada or Granderson as they’re unavailable.
2) Use B-Ref or Fangraphs for more detailed stats and splits for the hitters.
3) Unfortunately, we can’t shuffle too much with the rotation, no matter how much we might want to.
Bonus points for creativity.
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Jeter, Swisher, A-rod, Cano, Thames, Teixeira, Gardner, Montero, Winn
Yea. I went there
Figure Thames has to DH, which means as bad as he has been, Winn has to play.
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gardner,swisher,cano,arod,miranda,teixira,ruso,cerveli,jeter
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How about a Billy Martin-style “names out of a hat” lineup? Here’s the rather suspect lineup I came up with using that method:
Thames DH
Jeter SS
Cano 2B
Russo LF
Gardner CF
Pena C
Rodriguez 3B
Swisher RF
Miranda 1B
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