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Come Fan with UsTuesday, July 14, 2026

Yankees’ Lineup Question Barely Worth Answering

Marc Carig on a decision that Joe Girardi’s probably spending way too much time thinking about ...

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Whether it's Gardner or Jeter leading off, it would make hardly any difference in the lineup.

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"It's really tough to come up with a bad lineup with this team," said David Pinto, a statistical analyst who has studied lineups. "There's not too much wrong you could do with it."

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↵That’s exactly right, and especially if you’re talking about two good hitters at the top of the order. In this case -- and especially if Girardi’s not going to worry about any left-right stuff -- he should do whatever will keep everybody happy. That’s playing around the margins, too. But this is one of those cases where psychology probably means more than statistics.

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