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
