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Lineup
LF Bret Gardner
SS Derek Jeter
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
RF Nick Swisher
DH Jorge Posada
CF Curtis Granderson
C Russell Martin
Rotation
LHP CC Sabathia
RHP Phil Hughes
RHP AJ Burnett
RHP Ivan Nova
RHP Freddy Garcia
Bullpen
RHP Mariano Rivera
RHP Rafael Soriano
RHP David Robertson
RHP Joba Chamberlain
LHP Pedro Feliciano
LHP Boone Logan
RHP Sergio Mitre
Bench
OF Andruw Jones
IF Eduardo Nunez
C Francisco Cervelli
3B/DH Eric Chavez
Guessing thats the most likely team to start out the season. Lineup is set and bullpen is pretty close to being set. Jones and Cervelli are locks for the bench I would think. Montero isn't coming up to be a back-up C so he won't be up until later on in the season to be the starting catcher, unless Martin is terrible from the start. Last spot on the bench will go to Chavez if healthy (huge if obviously) I think. He'd be able to give A-Rod and Tex days off at the corners when needed. If not him then probably Brandon Laird.
The back of the rotation will be changing a lot I'm guessing. Nova's a lock for the 4th spot and I like Garcia as the 5th guy to start the year. If Garcia could repeat what he did last year I'd be pretty happy. Had 18 QS starts as a 5th starter - should get him a decent amount of wins on the Yankees. Throughout the year they'll have quite a few guys fighting for these spots I assume. Brackman, Noesi, Warren, Phelps, etc...are all prospects close to being ML ready so I don't think the #4 and #5 spots will be the same the whole season.
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