Once again we can't push across one run when we need it. King Felix was awesome, but our team helps a lot when we strike out all the time. Let's see how they do against Verlander. I wish Girardi set the lineup as follows:

Ichiro
Jeter
Granderson
Cano
Tex
Swisher
Ibanez/Jones
Chavez (or whomever)
Martin

I would move Cano to 3rd, Tex to 4th, and Granderson to 5th.
250 average and 200 K's is not a #1,2,3, or 4 hitter and even with his power, I would not hit him 5th except A-Rod is out. He should be a 6 or 7 hole hitter. An all or nothing player.

Your #3 hitter is generally the best hitter you have when you combine batting average with power.

Batting a guy that is in the bottom 10 players in baseball at getting on base first seems like a good idea. You should be a manager.

That would be better..So Girardi please do the following against Verlander.

Ichiro
Jeter
Cano
Tex
Granderson
Swisher
Ibanez
Chavez
Martin

Ichiro and Jeter will wear down Verlander so that Cano and Tex can drive in the runs. The odds are that either Ichiro or Jeter will get on at any time through the line up.

Batting a guy that is in the bottom 10 players in baseball at getting on base first seems like a good idea. You should be a manager.

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Batting a guy who is third in the league in Strikeouts doesn't make much sense either. Ichiro has struckout 90 times fewer than Granderson, meaning he has put the ball in play more. Yes he has struggled to get on base this year but I'd rather have someone put the ball in play then strike out.

So even if you swap Jeter and Ichiro then it would be better. I don't like Granderson batting first.

That doesn't make sense. You want the guy getting on base. Ichiro simply does not get on base at a strong pace. Why would you want him leading off? Whether he strikes out or not is irrelevant when he doesn't get on! Leading off, a strikeout has the same value as a groundout or flyout.

Makes perfect sense. Give one of the most out prone hitters in baseball more ABs while taking away RBI opportunities from your 3-4 hitters (because even with the strike outs Granderson gets on base WAY more than Ichiro does) just so you don't have to see Granderson strike out.

A flyout/ground out only equals a Strike out the first time around. After looking up some stats, Ichiro isn't the best choice, but I hate Granderson there. Let Jeter lead off.

There is never one perfect lineup and there are no hard and fast rules. There are lots of generalities, there is instinct, and there is the "playing the hot hand".

I like the idea of having Ichiro and Jeter at the top of the lineup. I'm not too hooked on any one arrangement (Jeter-Ichiro or Ichiro-Jeter), but I think they need to hit 1-2 (I slightly favor Jeter leading off).

There is no way I would have Granderson hitting in any of the 3-4-5 slots. No way am I slotting in a guy who strikes out as often as he does. He's on pace for 200 strike outs. My 3-4-5 would be Cano, Rodriguez, and Teixeira (arranged in any order).

My 6-7-8 would be Granderson-Swisher-Ibanez (arranged in any order) with Martin hitting 9th.

With Rodriguez out, my 3-4 would be Cano, Teixeira (arranged in any order). Swisher bats 5th, Granderson 6th. My 7-8 hitters would be Ibanez-Chavez (arranged in any order) with Martin 9th.

That lineup would send 7 consecutive lefties to the place versus right-handed pitching (with the switch-hitters batting from the left side).

maplebats...I concur

I agree that Jeter is the best leadoff guy. Grandy does need to be down in a better RBI spot.

While other teams prefer to manufacture small parts, the Yankees prefer to manufacture bombs

How'd they do on Saturday.

No. Tex is better in the 3rd spot as he's much more patient and can give pitches for Cano to see

When A Rod comes back this should be the line up:

Jeter
A Rod
Tex
Cano
Granderson
Swisher
Ibanez
Ichiro
Martin

Tex may be the best #3 hitter we have now. Having a #3 hitter who can only hit about 250, gets only an average amount of walks, hits 30 homeruns and knocks in 100 is not horrible but not really what you want from #3.
If Tex hit 280, got the amount of walks he did back when he did hit 280, hit 35-40 something homeruns, he would be perfect and knock in around 120+.
But we no longer have that guy in either Tex or A-Rod.

Why on God's great Earth would you EVER bat Granderson 3rd in ANY line up in MLB?!?