TAMPA — Wednesday marked four weeks and a day away from Opening Day, so there is still plenty of time for Aaron Boone to change his mind or wrenches to be thrown into his plan. But the Yankees mana…
TAMPA — Wednesday marked four weeks and a day away from Opening Day, so there is still plenty of time for Aaron Boone to change his mind or wrenches to be thrown into his plan.
The bottom-third of the lineup — left fielder Aaron Hicks, catcher Kyle Higashioka and shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa — figures to be a bit more fungible, especially with shortstop and, perhaps to a lesser extent, left field open for competition in camp. Boone wrote out 146 different batting orders last season — which was only the 17th-most in the majors — but the most consistent spots were LeMahieu batting first , Judge batting second , Rizzo batting third and Stanton batting fourth .LeMahieu’s late-season foot injury eliminated him from being an option at the leadoff spot down the stretch and into the playoffs, when Judge took on a lion’s share of those responsibilities — which didn’t hurt in his chase for 62 home runs.
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