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Look what people have to say about the RLYW!

CAIRO just takes the Marcels and changes the underlying assumptions and components in a bunch of ways that make the Yankees look better.
-alskor

Wow, two stupid posts in one day. I think you’ve reached your yearly quota.
sabernar

I don’t know if any of you current posters were around for that, but if so, I just can’t understand how you can call yourselves Yankee fans. Pathetic quitters is what you sounded like. Of the lame posts I could stand to read, the only person who had any confidence in the Yankees at that point was a (yeesh) Red Sox fan.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

North Jersey: Yankees hitting coach: No set lineup at camp

Could Brett Gardner hit leadoff against all pitchers?

Could Derek Jeter wind up further down the order?

“I think we need to [experiment]. It’s important we throw all the options out there,” said hitting coach Kevin Long, speaking in general terms in a phone interview from Arizona earlier this week.

“I wouldn’t say we have a set lineup going into camp,” Long said. “We’ll toy with it.”

Long has a full pre-camp calendar of visits with his hitters – including Jeter, who is coming off his worst offensive season.

“The ball’s in his court right now,” said Long, who has exchanged text messages with Jeter about setting up a pre-camp session, probably in Tampa, Fla. “It’s something I haven’t had to do [meeting with Jeter] because he’s been so good.”

I’d like to see Gardner leading off, at least against RHP.  I can’t see the Yankees platooning Jeter at leadoff so if the trade-off is moving him down in the order permanently sign me up for that. 

Ignoring platoon splits, here are what look like the best projected lineups the Yankees can use according to CAIRO and the Baseball Musings Lineup Tool.

Overall
Runs Per Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5.656 Martin Rodriguez Jeter Cano Teixeira Swisher Posada Granderson Gardner
5.656 Jeter Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Gardner Martin
5.656 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Posada Granderson Swisher Gardner Martin
5.656 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Swisher Granderson Posada Gardner Martin
5.655 Martin Rodriguez Jeter Cano Teixeira Posada Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.655 Martin Teixeira Jeter Cano Rodriguez Swisher Posada Granderson Gardner
5.655 Jeter Teixeira Posada Cano Rodriguez Granderson Swisher Gardner Martin
5.654 Jeter Rodriguez Martin Cano Teixeira Swisher Posada Granderson Gardner
5.654 Martin Teixeira Jeter Cano Rodriguez Posada Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.654 Martin Rodriguez Jeter Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Posada Gardner
5.654 Martin Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Jeter Gardner
5.654 Jeter Rodriguez Martin Cano Teixeira Posada Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.653 Martin Teixeira Jeter Rodriguez Posada Cano Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.653 Jeter Rodriguez Swisher Cano Teixeira Granderson Posada Gardner Martin
5.653 Jeter Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Swisher Granderson Gardner Martin
5.653 Martin Teixeira Jeter Rodriguez Swisher Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.653 Jeter Teixeira Martin Cano Rodriguez Swisher Posada Granderson Gardner
5.653 Jeter Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Martin Gardner
5.653 Jeter Rodriguez Gardner Cano Teixeira Swisher Posada Granderson Martin
5.653 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Posada Swisher Granderson Gardner Martin
5.653 Martin Teixeira Jeter Cano Rodriguez Granderson Swisher Posada Gardner
5.653 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Posada Granderson Swisher Martin Gardner
5.653 Martin Teixeira Posada Cano Rodriguez Granderson Swisher Jeter Gardner
5.652 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Swisher Granderson Posada Martin Gardner
5.652 Jeter Teixeira Martin Cano Rodriguez Posada Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.652 Jeter Rodriguez Martin Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Posada Gardner
5.652 Jeter Teixeira Swisher Cano Rodriguez Granderson Posada Gardner Martin
5.652 Jeter Rodriguez Gardner Cano Teixeira Posada Swisher Granderson Martin
5.652 Jeter Teixeira Posada Cano Rodriguez Swisher Granderson Gardner Martin
5.652 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Swisher Posada Granderson Gardner Martin


Of course, there’s no reason to ignore platoon splits, so here are the best lineups vs. RHP. 

Vs. RHP
Runs Per Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5.675 Gardner Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Jeter Martin
5.674 Gardner Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Swisher Granderson Jeter Martin
5.673 Gardner Teixeira Posada Cano Rodriguez Granderson Swisher Jeter Martin
5.672 Gardner Teixeira Posada Cano Rodriguez Swisher Granderson Jeter Martin
5.671 Gardner Rodriguez Swisher Cano Teixeira Granderson Posada Jeter Martin
5.671 Gardner Cano Posada Rodriguez Teixeira Granderson Swisher Jeter Martin
5.67 Gardner Teixeira Swisher Cano Rodriguez Granderson Posada Jeter Martin
5.67 Gardner Teixeira Posada Rodriguez Cano Granderson Swisher Jeter Martin
5.67 Gardner Cano Posada Rodriguez Teixeira Swisher Granderson Jeter Martin
5.669 Gardner Rodriguez Swisher Cano Teixeira Posada Granderson Jeter Martin
5.669 Teixeira Rodriguez Martin Cano Posada Granderson Swisher Jeter Gardner
5.668 Gardner Teixeira Posada Rodriguez Cano Swisher Granderson Jeter Martin
5.668 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Posada Granderson Swisher Martin Gardner
5.668 Gardner Rodriguez Jeter Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Posada Martin
5.667 Gardner Cano Swisher Rodriguez Teixeira Granderson Posada Jeter Martin
5.667 Gardner Teixeira Swisher Cano Rodriguez Posada Granderson Jeter Martin
5.667 Teixeira Rodriguez Martin Cano Posada Swisher Granderson Jeter Gardner
5.667 Martin Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Granderson Swisher Jeter Gardner
5.667 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Posada Swisher Granderson Martin Gardner
5.667 Teixeira Rodriguez Gardner Cano Posada Granderson Swisher Jeter Martin
5.666 Teixeira Rodriguez Martin Cano Swisher Granderson Posada Jeter Gardner
5.666 Gardner Rodriguez Jeter Cano Teixeira Swisher Granderson Posada Martin
5.666 Gardner Teixeira Jeter Cano Rodriguez Granderson Swisher Posada Martin
5.666 Gardner Teixeira Swisher Rodriguez Cano Granderson Posada Jeter Martin
5.666 Teixeira Rodriguez Jeter Cano Swisher Granderson Posada Martin Gardner
5.666 Martin Rodriguez Posada Cano Teixeira Swisher Granderson Jeter Gardner
5.666 Gardner Rodriguez Jeter Cano Teixeira Granderson Posada Swisher Martin
5.666 Martin Teixeira Posada Cano Rodriguez Granderson Swisher Jeter Gardner
5.666 Gardner Rodriguez Granderson Cano Teixeira Swisher Posada Jeter Martin
5.666 Teixeira Rodriguez Gardner Cano Posada Swisher Granderson Jeter Martin

And vs. LHP.

Vs. LHP
Runs Per Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5.687 Martin Teixeira Jeter Rodriguez Swisher Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.686 Jeter Teixeira Martin Rodriguez Swisher Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.684 Jeter Teixeira Gardner Rodriguez Swisher Cano Posada Granderson Martin
5.684 Martin Teixeira Jeter Rodriguez Posada Cano Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.683 Jeter Teixeira Martin Rodriguez Posada Cano Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.682 Martin Swisher Jeter Rodriguez Teixeira Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.682 Martin Teixeira Jeter Rodriguez Swisher Posada Cano Granderson Gardner
5.681 Martin Rodriguez Jeter Teixeira Swisher Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.681 Jeter Teixeira Gardner Rodriguez Posada Cano Swisher Granderson Martin
5.681 Jeter Swisher Martin Rodriguez Teixeira Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.681 Jeter Teixeira Martin Rodriguez Swisher Posada Cano Granderson Gardner
5.681 Jeter Rodriguez Martin Teixeira Swisher Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.68 Martin Teixeira Posada Rodriguez Jeter Cano Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.679 Jeter Swisher Gardner Rodriguez Teixeira Cano Posada Granderson Martin
5.679 Jeter Teixeira Gardner Rodriguez Swisher Posada Cano Granderson Martin
5.679 Martin Teixeira Jeter Rodriguez Posada Swisher Cano Granderson Gardner
5.679 Jeter Rodriguez Gardner Teixeira Swisher Cano Posada Granderson Martin
5.679 Martin Teixeira Swisher Rodriguez Jeter Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.678 Martin Rodriguez Jeter Swisher Teixeira Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.678 Martin Rodriguez Jeter Teixeira Posada Cano Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.678 Jeter Teixeira Martin Rodriguez Posada Swisher Cano Granderson Gardner
5.677 Jeter Rodriguez Martin Swisher Teixeira Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.677 Jeter Rodriguez Martin Teixeira Posada Cano Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.677 Martin Teixeira Jeter Swisher Rodriguez Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.677 Martin Swisher Jeter Rodriguez Teixeira Posada Cano Granderson Gardner
5.676 Martin Posada Jeter Rodriguez Teixeira Cano Swisher Granderson Gardner
5.676 Jeter Teixeira Gardner Rodriguez Posada Swisher Cano Granderson Martin
5.676 Martin Rodriguez Jeter Teixeira Swisher Posada Cano Granderson Gardner
5.676 Jeter Teixeira Martin Swisher Rodriguez Cano Posada Granderson Gardner
5.676 Jeter Swisher Martin Rodriguez Teixeira Posada Cano Granderson Gardner

I’ve assumed that Russell Martin will start the year as the primary catcher, but obviously that could change. 

Some of these scenarios are unrealistic, like Mark Teixeira “leadoff hitter”, but I found it interesting that overall the most common ‘best’ lineup had Cano batting cleanup.  It does look like Gardner should lead off against RHP and Jeter should lead off against LHP, assuming Martin’s not a viable candidate there.

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