Jorge's Return

Tonight, we’ll likely see the return of Jorge Posada to the Yankee lineup and even with the return of Curtis Granderson, this is a very welcome addition. Like it became when Granderson returned, the lineup will be even further lengthened when Posada is penciled in tomorrow night.

The nice thing is that Jorge will likely be the DH tomorrow, as Mark Teixeira is going to be day-to-day after exiting last night’s game due to fouling a ball off of his foot. Regardless, this is the end of the second Moeller era in Yankee history. Chad had one hit, a double, in six at bats across two games with the Yankees.

Jorge’s definitely coming back at the right time, especially considering how much Francisco Cervelli has struggled of late. Since reaching a ridiculous 1.012 OPS on May 14th, Frankie is hitting just .213/.286/.255/.341. May had been kind to Jorge. He was hitting .355/.429/.581/1.009 for the month and was on a five game hit streak before being sidelined.

So what’s the lineup going to look like? I think it’ll depend on who’s the pitcher the Yankees are facing. When a right hander is on the mound, I think we’ll see the Yankees trot out a lineup of:

1. Jeter, SS
2. Granderson, CF
3. Teixeria, 1B
4. Rodriguez, 3B
5. Cano, 2B
6. Posada, C
7. Swisher, RF
8. Miranda, DH
9. Gardner, LF

Against lefties, I think we’ll see this lineup:

1. Jeter, SS
2. Swisher, RF
3. Teixeria, 1B
4. Rodriguez, 3B
5. Cano, 2B
6. Posada, C
7. Granderson, CF
8. Thames, DH
9. Gardner, LF

Your thoughts? Anyway…

By getting Posada back, the Yankees get a big boost in that they’ll regain the weapon they’ve had for so many years: a hard hitting catcher. Jorge Posada’s been the best hitting catcher in baseball not named “Piazza” over the last fifteen years and it’ll be nice to have him back.

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