This team has the makings of being as good as the 98 team if only they had people who could hit in the 2 and 3 holes. This is glaring. Derek Jeter, SS .339 Nick Johnson, DH 3 .136 Mark Teixeira, 1B 4 .115 Alex Rodriguez, 3B .320 Robinson Cano, 2B .340 Jorge Posada, C 4 .348 Curtis Granderson, CF .288 Randy Winn, RF 4 .000 Brett Gardner, LF 3 .333
Pitching............FTW hitting will come...we have enough history of Teixeira to know this is a perennial issue. As for Johnson, I believe it's from his lack of seeing the pitchers in the AL. As he sees them more he will come around too. Fisher's on base % is like .415...so we can live with him for now.