Quick Hit: Mark Teixeira As The Cleanup Hitter

Just when you thought Joe Girardi's binder couldn't get any more off base and ridiculous we hear speculation of Mark Teixeira being the Yankees cleanup hitter this coming season. Obviously Girardi did not deny or confirm these reports but you can tell the difference between him dodging a question and denying a question and this was a definite dodge.

Putting Teixeira in the middle of the Yankees lineup makes absolutely no sense, none. First of a switch hitting Carlos Beltran is hitting third and left handed hitting Brian McCann is somewhere in the middle of the order as well, don't you want to split them up a bit? Also, that leaves Alfonso Soriano to hit way lower in the order than he should be. Hell in my opinion Soriano should be cleaning up preceded by Beltran, followed by McCann, and then inserting Teix into the lineup.

Just my two pennies, what are yours?