Pregame: Braves at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 15, 2007 
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Here are the lineups:
YANKEES
Melky Cabrera CF
Derek Jeter SS
Jason Giambi DH
Underdog 3B
Hideki Matsui LF
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Andy Phillips 1B
Kevin Reese RF
Kei Igawa LHP
BRAVES
Kelly Johnson 2B
Edgar Renteria SS
Chipper Jones 3B
Andruw Jones CF
Craig Wilson DH
Brian McCann C
T.J. Bohn RF
Ryan Langerhans LF
Scott Thorman 1B
Lance Cormier RHP
Pregame chatter: Sorry for the delay, the MLBPA meeting went long and pushed everything back. … Joe Torre said the he was leaning to taking 12 pitchers north but not necessarily a long reliever. … Bobby Abreu could take BP tomorrow.
This should be a good test for Igawa. That’s a pretty tough right-handed middle-of-the-order.
Can someone explain why toree bats Giambi 3rd instead of Cano? Giambi serves better in the 5 spot so he can protect A-Rod. And Cano will get pitches to hit in the 3-spot, instead of being semi-pitched around. This takes away the need to have a high OBP hitter in the 3-spot.
Neil,
I don’t think it really matters since Abreu will hit third on Opening Day.
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Any idea who is scheduled to follow Igawa?
Igawa’s line after 2 innings:
Igawa 2.0 0 0 0 3 4 0
not bad.
Igawa 2 0 0 0 3 4 0
sorry- forgot to take out the decimal point
It’s getting old, and it’s not funny.
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