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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 3150291, member: 2141"] Assuming Andujar can shake-off the rust at the plate, he's still going to struggle to find playing time on this team as he defense is atrocious while [SIZE=4]Urshela has a simply played better than him with the glove at 3rd and at the plate right now (a game-tying 2-run HR to deep center last night only emphasized this). At the the start of the season, I thought if Adujar struggled defensively at the hot corner, he would have a shot playing 1st, especially now with Bird seemingly on his way out of the Bronx (on a stretcher); but, Voit seems to have locked down that slot by proving his numbers (so far) from the end of last season were not a fluke. That really leaves Dan Hurley as the only slot open for Adujar is Dan Hurley and the Yanks tend to use that roll to rest their big guns - Judge, Staton, and Sanchez.[/SIZE] Once everyone (hopefully) is healthy after the All-Star break, this is what I believe the Yank's line-up may look like: [SIZE=4] 1) LeMahieu 2B 2) Hicks CF 3) Judge RF 4) Stanton D H 5) Sanchez C 6) Voit 1B 7) Urshela 3B 8) Torres SS 9) Fraizer LF That's a solid line-up with power in the middle and speed at the top and bottom. No easy outs as everyone has proven to be able to hit .260 or better. It's also less HR reliant than last year's team. I bumped Judge down to #3 to break-up the Yanks right dominant line-up with Hick's left (switch) bat. On the bench, Maybin becomes the primary outfield substitute with Gardner (sadly) reduced to an in-game defensive replacement. Estrada would be the primary infield [SIZE=4]substitute[/SIZE] with Wade as the in-game defensive replacement and/or speed base runner. Romine continues to be the back-up Catcher. Thus, where does Adujar go? Train him to be a back-up 1st Baseman and fill-in Dan Hurley when one of the Big 3 aren't using it? Or, assuming his shoulder is truly OK, can the Yanks use him as trade bait to land another starter as they will need a big arm, espeically in the playoffs. I am almost tempted to think that Didi could also be traded for the same once he comes off of IR.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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