Joe announced this yesterday, but here's the starting lineup that will take the field tonight:
1) Jacoby Ellsbury- CF
2) Derek Jeter- SS
3) Carlos Beltran- RF
4) Brian McCann- C
5) Mark Teixeira- 1B
6) Alfonso Soriano- DH
7) Brett Gardner- LF
8) Brian Roberts- 2B
9) Kelly Johnson- 3B
SP) CC Sabathia
A couple thoughts. Not sure how I feel about Teix hitting 5th when he's admittedly not swinging normally. I'd rather see him 6th. And it's a little surprising to see Gardner 7th and Johnson 9th. Johnson's lefty power after Soriano's righty power makes more sense in the 7-spot, but Joe must have something in mind so I'm willing to see how this lineup works before questioning the decision.
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Gardner get on. Roberts get on. Johnson go boom.
They teach that stuff at Northwestern, I hear.
I like it a lot in theory. Need Roberts to be the consistent OBP machine he was from '03-'09 to make it work though, not the sub-.300 guy he's been since then.
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