Tuesday Discussion: Our Player Predictions Re-Visited

by SSTN Admin

October 1, 2023

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Today is the last day of the regular season. What an interesting year it has been...

Back in March, we asked our writers to make their predictions for the Yankees starting position players using the good old stats of batting average/home runs/runs batted in.

Today we revisit the replies:

*** James Vlietstra:

C: Trevino .230/12/35

1B: Rizzo .270/34/96

2B: Torres .275/27/85

SS: Peraza .255/ 14/60

3B: Donaldson .248/21/75

LF: Hicks .256/11/46

CF: Bader .280/25/88

RF: Judge .330/46/135

DH: Stanton .250/38/90

U: Cabrera .290/18/65

U: LeMahieu .305/16/60

C: Higashioka .220/10/30

OF: Florial .210/4/15

IF: Kiner Falefa .270/2/22

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Paul Semendinger:

C: Trevino .234/7/33

1B: Rizzo .255/31/84

2B: Torres .270/25/75

SS: Peraza .245/9/62

3B: LeMahieu .284/12/65

3B: Donaldson .224/12/50

LF: Hicks .230/12/40

CF: Bader .250/9/42

RF: Judge .298/42/102

DH: Stanton .240/27/89

U: Cabrera .245/15/60

U: Kiner-Falefa .281/3/28

SS: Volpe: .267/5/20

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Mike Whiteman:

C – Jose Trevino .233/13/42 1B – Anthony Rizzo .246/25/65 2B – Gleyber Torres .277/30/98 20 SB SS – Oswald Peraza .228/20/66 22 SB 3B – DJ LeMahieu .288/16/76 RF – Aaron Judge .305/50/121 CF – Harrison Bader .244/12/30 20 SB LF – Anthony Volpe (!) .272/18/82 32 SB DH – Giancarlo Stanton .277/37/101 C-Kyle Higashioka .208/18/31 UT- Oswaldo Cabrera .251/22/75 IF-Isiah Kiner-Falefa .270/3/23 12 SB OF – Rafael Ortega .269/20/40 Josh Donaldson – released Aaron Hicks - released

*** Tim Kabel:

C: Trevino .251/15/52

1B: Rizzo .265/ 36/107

2B: Volpe .278/21/64

SS: Peraza .281/22/73

3B: Cabrera .293/27/86

LF: Hicks .206/5/24

CF: Bader .277/24/74

RF: Judge .337/54/141

DH: Stanton .273/47/109

U: LeMahieu .312/14/53

C: Higashioka .218/9/31

OF: Dominguez .274/23/71

IF: Kiner Falefa .267/1/19

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Lincoln Mitchell:

Before you read my predictions, keep in mind that this is based on how I think Boone will (mis)manage the team so I have listed the players who I think will play the most at each position.

C-Jose Trevino-..245/9/45

1b-Anthony Rizzo-.258/29/68

2b-Gleyber Torres-.279/22/71

3b-Josh Donaldson-.223/18/63

SS-Oswald Peraza-.255/14/45

LF-Oswaldo Cabrera-.271/16/55

CF-Harrison Bader-.253/12/42

RF-Aaron Judge-.280/42/98

DH-Giancarlo Stanton-.245/31/84

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EJ Fagan: (From the SSTN Show):

C: Trevino .260/8/40

1B: Rizzo .260/30/100

2B: Torres .270/24/85

SS: Peraza .230/15/35

3B: LeMahieu .280/15/40

3B: Donaldson .222/12/60

LF: Hicks .230/10/55

CF: Bader .265/15/40

RF: Judge .295/63/145

DH: Stanton .240/39/100

U: Cabrera .235/18/40

U: Kiner-Falefa .270/1/30

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Cary Greene:

C: Trevino .231/10/50

1B: Rizzo .245/30/85

2B: Torres .275

SS: Peraza .220

SS: Volpe .265/12/45

3B: LeMahieu .290

3B: Donaldson .215/5/20

LF: Hicks .250/15/60

CF: Bader .215/4/20

RF: Judge .307/54

DH: Stanton .270/47/110

U: Cabrera .235/18/55

U: Kiner-Falefa .260/2/13

OF: Dominguez .270/23/65

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Andy Singer:

C: Trevino .235/11/48

1B: Rizzo .250/31/95

2B: Torres .278/28/85

3B: LeMahieu .305/11/65

SS/2B/3B: Volpe .245/21/70

RF: Judge .290/55/115

CF: Bader .273/20/68

LF: Hicks .230/18/45

DH/OF: Stanton .265/40/100

UTIL: Cabrera .245/18/55

SS/2B/3B: Peraza .230/15/45