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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 3883388, member: 101"]
Yeah, the projected opening day line-up had only one left-handed bat (switch-hitting Hicks). I guess the expectation was that the right-handed bats are so good, it doesn't matter. Righties do occasionally benefit from the short Right Field in Yankee Stadium. I have heard one benefit of mixing up the lineup is that a pitcher can't get comfortable with one approach, as he is likely to pitch to lefties differently than he pitches to righties. I don't know if there is real evidence of this though.

Seemingly all of the Yankees' recent prospects have been right handed. I don't think Stanton was part of the plan, but he became available and they jumped at the opportunity to acquire him. Voit and Urshela were pleasant surprises. Perhaps, you can criticize the organization for not foreseeing this right-handed prevalence. I am not sure if that's fair. I really don't know what to make of it, but the issue intrigues me. If LeMahieu and Frazier start hitting and Stanton stays healthy, it probably won't seem like a big deal. Either way, it will be interesting. I love baseball.
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