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Yankees Lineup Essay

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Yankees Lineup

Right now as of writing this the Yankees are 21-10 tied for the second best record in the MLB with the Redsox at 22-9. Last year theYankees barely got in to the playoffs with the wild card spot. Despite that they went on to the AL championship, and almost made it to the World Series. I believe that the Yankees have a chance to win the World Series, and here’s why.

The Yankees have many great players. We have Aaron Judge, who last year was the rookie of the year and second in the AL MVP voting. Right now he leads the team with a whopping .432 on base percentage which is the third best in the league. His on base percentage is so high is because he’s so good he gets intentionally walked or gets thrown pitches to try and make him chase and get out. …show more content…

Giancarlo Stanton got traded to the Yankees over the summer bringing in a lot of hype about the 2 players who hit the most home runs last year on the same team (Stanton and Judge). So far he has a .234 batting avg. and 7 home runs. The avg. isn’t great right now, but that was due to his timing being off at the beginning of the year.

Gary Sanchez is the catcher who hits bombs. Last year Gary Sanchez was in the home run derby and took out Stanton which can just show you the power and endurance he has. Right now he is hitting .209 with 9 home runs. Once again the avg. isn’t great but he has 9 home run already which is crazy. Also he will start getting his avg. up soon anyway.

Right now Didi Gregorious is leading the team in home runs, batting avg.,RBI’s, and even hits. Last year he was good and very underrated but now he is arguably the best shortstop in baseball. Right no he is hitting a solid .311 batting avg. with 10 home runs this early in the

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