by SSTN Admin
March 14, 2023
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This week 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.
Here are their replies:
(We will revisit this article in October!)
*** 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
