by Brian on March 29, 2008 at 3:13AM
Here it is, a few brief comments below. A longer season preview coming later this weekend.
Infielders
First of all, Morgan Ensberg is a waste of space. Maybe Girardi is planning to give both Giambi and one of either Matsui, Abreu or Damon the day off whenever the Yanks face a lefty. That better be the plan, because as I've said before, if Ensberg takes even one at bat away from Shelley, that's one too many.
I've heard people say Betemit isn't a viable backup for 2b or SS, but to be honest with you, I think his range is better at short than Jeter's. I'm fine with him there. If Cano goes down, well we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I'm a little disappointed Brett Gardner didn't make the team, but I understand the decision.
As for the pitching staff, Girardi and Cashman are taking a pretty big risk here. Pettitte is due to come off the DL about 5 days into the season, meaning going with only 4 starters is understandable. The problem is they don't really have a long man out of the pen. If one of the starters takes an early exit, Girardi is going to have to patch a bunch of innings together out of a bunch of short guys. I guess that risk is mitigated, somewhat, by having 8 relievers on the roster.
I'm glad Ohlendorf will be on the roster to break camp. I like the odds of him assuming Joba's role when Joba joins the rotation for the second half. Poor Edwar will start the year in Scranton.
Infielders
- Derek Jeter
- Alex Rodriguez
- Robinson Cano
- Jason Giambi
- Shelley Duncan
- Wilson Betemit
- Morgan Ensberg
- Johnny Damon
- Bobby Abreu
- Melky Cabrera
- Hideki Matsui
- Jorge Posada
- Jose Molina
- Chien-Ming Wang
- Mike Mussina
- Phil Hughes
- Ian Kennedy
- Mariano Rivera
- Joba Chamberlain
- LaTroy Hawkins
- Kyle Farnsworth
- Billy Traber
- Ross Ohlendorf
- Brian Bruney
- Jon Albaladejo
- Andrew Brackman
- Humberto Sanchez
- Carl Pavano
- Andy Pettitte
- Jeff Karstens
- Sean Henn
First of all, Morgan Ensberg is a waste of space. Maybe Girardi is planning to give both Giambi and one of either Matsui, Abreu or Damon the day off whenever the Yanks face a lefty. That better be the plan, because as I've said before, if Ensberg takes even one at bat away from Shelley, that's one too many.
I've heard people say Betemit isn't a viable backup for 2b or SS, but to be honest with you, I think his range is better at short than Jeter's. I'm fine with him there. If Cano goes down, well we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. I'm a little disappointed Brett Gardner didn't make the team, but I understand the decision.
As for the pitching staff, Girardi and Cashman are taking a pretty big risk here. Pettitte is due to come off the DL about 5 days into the season, meaning going with only 4 starters is understandable. The problem is they don't really have a long man out of the pen. If one of the starters takes an early exit, Girardi is going to have to patch a bunch of innings together out of a bunch of short guys. I guess that risk is mitigated, somewhat, by having 8 relievers on the roster.
I'm glad Ohlendorf will be on the roster to break camp. I like the odds of him assuming Joba's role when Joba joins the rotation for the second half. Poor Edwar will start the year in Scranton.
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