Jeter

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The Yankees have an amazing number of injury risks among their lineup and starters.

Jeter is coming off a season ending injury and he is old
Teixeria is coming off a season ending injury and he is getting old
Soriano is old
Beltran has terrible knees and is old
Brian Roberts hasnt been healthy since 2009
McCann has played in 223 out of a potential 364 the last 2 years
Ellsbury has played 2 complete seasons out of the last 4
Sabathia is coming off his worse season and has a ton of innings on his card
Kuroda has been pretty injury free but is a 39 year old pitcher who faded badly down the stretch last year.
Pineda has already had reconstructive shoulder surgery and missed most of last 2 seasons.


It is also hard to believe this is the team they are going to have 5 months from now. Are they really gonna go to war with Kelly Johnson at 3rd? He has started 10 games in the majors at 3rd. Jeter has to be among the worst SS's coming off of his injury. Brian Roberts wasn't a great fielder when he was was in his 20's. Beltran and Soriano are among the worst corner OF's in baseball though only 1 will play at a time. Ellsbury is great in CF and Teixeria is very good and back up SS Brendan Ryan doesnt stay employed because of his bat (he hit .194 and .197 the last 2 years) but pretty much everyone else is an iron glove.

According to baseball prospectus they have virtually no minor leaguers that are ML ready that are anything more than replacement level players at best.
It is a hell of a way to spend 200 million

You nailed it. To be competitive they need all those players to be injury free. By competitive I mean playoff competitive. I think winning it all is a pipe dream. Think they will stumble home 3rd in the division behind Boston and Baltimore. But at least they will do better than the Mets.