[0] “The Yankees really need to consider making Brett Gardner the leadoff hitter against RHP, don’t they?”

Lineup order doesn’t matter.

Ok, it does to second or third order - are we talking > 0.1 win over the rest of the season?

Not sure what the rest of the season impact would be, probably negligible.  But I’m thinking you want to put your optimal lineup out there in the postseason, if by some miracle the Yankees sneak in as the wild card.

Don’t have the numbers handy, but I think I had posted something about Jeter and Gardner’s projected OBPs vs. LHP/RHP a while back and Gardner was something like .020 better against RHP.  Maybe I’ll re-visit that after the long weekend.

Lineup order doesn’t matter.

Ok, it does to second or third order - are we talking > 0.1 win over the rest of the season?

Jeter sucks!

Don’t have the numbers handy, but I think I had posted something about Jeter and Gardner’s projected OBPs vs. LHP/RHP a while back and Gardner was something like .020 better against RHP.  Maybe I’ll re-visit that after the long weekend.

I think you showed just how bad Jeter has been against RHP, but also how he’s been fairly good against LHP on the season.

The problem with Gardner leading off against righties is that he’ll wait too long to steal before Jeter inevitably grounds into the 6-4-3 DP.

The problem with Gardner leading off against righties is that he’ll wait to long to steal before Jeter inevitably grounds into the 6-4-3 DP.

So move Swisher up to the 2-hole and bat Jeter eighth. Problem solved!

Yanks motor on to 7th straight win

Well, but what happens if you take out all their winning streaks?  It’s like they’ve won 0 games!

The Yankees really need to consider making Brett Gardner the leadoff hitter against anyone except LHPs at home, don’t they?

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