I like having a couple leadoff men and a whole lot of speed. The Yankees think that means you can stack a couple of leadoff hitters at the top of the order while I prefer to have the order turned over with Ellsbury hitting first and Gardner hitting ninth. Which lineup is better? Who knows but one thing is for certain having those two at the top has cost the Yankees runs, not gotten them more runs. Having them both there has made Joe Girardi gun shy when it comes to calling for stolen bases since he doesn’t want to take the bat out of the hands of Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira. This can be alleviated by having a high contact and high batting average/on base percentage guy in the two hole like Castro.
MY LINEUP:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury
2. Starlin Castro
3. Alex Rodriguez
4. Mark Teixeira
5. Brian McCann
6.Carlos Beltran
7. Chase Headley
8. Didi Gregorius
9. Brett Gardner
GIRARDI'S LINEUP
1. Jacoby Ellsbury
2. Brett Gardner
3. Alex Rodriguez
4. Mark Teixeira
5. Brian McCann
6. Carlos Beltran
7. Chase Headley
8. Starlin Castro
9. Didi Gregorius
What’s your lineup? Leave it below in the comments section. Thank you.
If Didi keeps his form going from the second half of last season he would also be a good option on the 2 hole. Either way I agree but I think it will be a moot point as I dont see Gardy being on the roster come opening day.
ReplyDeleteHe is, I agree. Problem is he's left-handed. Stacking the lefties at the top of the lineup just isn't working in my opinion. Didi is not really a stolen base threat either, not that Starlin Castro is.
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