Tuesday Discussion: Position Player Predictions

by SSTN Admin

March 14, 2023

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This week we asked our writers to make their predictions for the Yankees starting position players using the good old stats of batting average/home runs/runs batted in.

Here are their replies:

(We will revisit this article in October!)

*** James Vlietstra:

C: Trevino .230/12/35

1B: Rizzo .270/34/96

2B: Torres .275/27/85

SS: Peraza .255/ 14/60

3B: Donaldson .248/21/75

LF: Hicks .256/11/46

CF: Bader .280/25/88

RF: Judge .330/46/135

DH: Stanton .250/38/90

U: Cabrera .290/18/65

U: LeMahieu .305/16/60

C: Higashioka .220/10/30

OF: Florial .210/4/15

IF: Kiner Falefa .270/2/22

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Paul Semendinger:

C: Trevino .234/7/33

1B: Rizzo .255/31/84

2B: Torres .270/25/75

SS: Peraza .245/9/62

3B: LeMahieu .284/12/65

3B: Donaldson .224/12/50

LF: Hicks .230/12/40

CF: Bader .250/9/42

RF: Judge .298/42/102

DH: Stanton .240/27/89

U: Cabrera .245/15/60

U: Kiner-Falefa .281/3/28

SS: Volpe .267/5/20

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Mike Whiteman:

C – Jose Trevino .233/13/42 1B – Anthony Rizzo .246/25/65 2B – Gleyber Torres .277/30/98 20 SB SS – Oswald Peraza .228/20/66 22 SB 3B – DJ Lemahieu .288/16/76 RF – Aaron Judge .305/50/121 CF – Harrison Bader .244/12/30 20 SB LF – Anthony Volpe (!) .272/18/82 32 SB DH – Giancarlo Stanton .277/37/101 C-Kyle Higashioka .208/18/31 UT- Oswaldo Cabrera .251/22/75 IF-Isiah Kiner-Falefa .270/3/23 12 SB OF – Rafael Ortega .269/20/40 Josh Donaldson – released Aaron Hicks - released

*** Tim Kabel:

C: Trevino .251/15/52

1B: Rizzo .265/ 36/107

2B: Volpe .278/21/64

SS: Peraza .281/22/73

3B: Cabrera .293/27/86

LF: Hicks .206/5/24

CF: Bader .277/24/74

RF: Judge .337/54/141

DH: Stanton .273/47/109

U: LeMahieu .312/14/53

C: Higashioka .218/9/31

OF: Dominguez .274/23/71

IF: Kiner Falefa .267/1/19

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Lincoln Mitchell:

Before you read my predictions, keep in mind that this is based on how I think Boone will (mis)manage the team so I have listed the players who I think will play the most at each position.

C-Jose Trevino-..245/9/45

1b-Anthony Rizzo-.258/29/68

2b-Gleyber Torres-.279/22/71

3b-Josh Donaldson-.223/18/63

SS-Oswald Peraza-.255/14/45

LF-Oswaldo Cabrera-.271/16/55

CF-Harrison Bader-.253/12/42

RF-Aaron Judge-.280/42/98

DH-Giancarlo Stanton-.245/31/84

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EJ Fagan: (From the SSTN Show):

C: Trevino .260/8/40

1B: Rizzo .260/30/100

2B: Torres .270/24/85

SS: Peraza .230/15/35

3B: LeMahieu .280/15/40

3B: Donaldson .222/12/60

LF: Hicks .230/10/55

CF: Bader .265/15/40

RF: Judge .295/63/145

DH: Stanton .240/39/100

U: Cabrera .235/18/40

U: Kiner-Falefa .270/1/30

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Cary Greene:

C: Trevino .231/10/50

1B: Rizzo .245/30/85

2B: Torres .275

SS: Peraza .220

SS: Volpe .265/12/45

3B: LeMahieu .290

3B: Donaldson .215/5/20

LF: Hicks .250/15/60

CF: Bader .215/4/20

RF: Judge .307/54

DH: Stanton .270/47/110

U: Cabrera .235/18/55

U: Kiner-Falefa .260/2/13

OF: Dominguez .270/23/65

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Andy Singer:

C: Trevino .235/11/48

1B: Rizzo .250/31/95

2B: Torres .278/28/85

3B: LeMahieu .305/11/65

SS/2B/3B: Volpe .245/21/70

RF: Judge .290/55/115

CF: Bader .273/20/68

LF: Hicks .230/18/45

DH/OF: Stanton .265/40/100

UTIL: Cabrera .245/18/55

SS/2B/3B: Peraza .230/15/45