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Posted February 25, 2009 on yanks2136242's Blog:

After a disappointing third place finish last season, the Yanks look to have a bounce back season and win No. 27. There were a lot of injuries and they were expecting to much from the younger players ( Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy). Come on, they're 21 and 23 (at the time) and you have no back up plan, sometimes you need to expect the worst. Look how the rotation turned out by the end of the season.

The Yankees went into the offseason with their number one priority being starting pitching. Now they go into this season with CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira among others.

I thought this would be a good time to compare the differences between the two by position (what the Yankees invisioned, as of Opening Day). Just for fun, where the Yanks were towards the end of the season.


  • 1
    2008 YANKEES (opening day roster)

  • 2
    First Base

    JASON GIAMBI/SHELLEY DUNCAN

  • 3
    Second Base

    ROBINSON CANO

  • 4
    Third Base

    ALEX RODRIGUEZ

  • 5
    Shortstop

    DEREK JETER

  • 6
    Left Field

    JOHNNY DAMON/HIDEKI MATSUI

  • 7
    Center Field

    MELKY CABREREA

  • 8
    Right Field

    BOBBY ABREU

  • 9
    Catcher

    JORGE POSADA/JOSE MOLINA

  • 10
    Bench

    SHELLEY DUNCAN MORGAN ENSBERG WILSON BETEMIT JOSE MOLINA

  • 11
    Starters

    1. CHIEN-MING WANG 2. ANDY PETTITTE 3. MIKE MUSSINA 4. PHIL HUGHES 5. IAN KENNEDY

  • 12
    Relievers

    MARIANO RIVERA JOBA CHAMBERLAIN KYLE FARNSWORTH BRIAN BRUNEY LATROY HAWKINS BILLY TRABER JONATHAN ALBALEDEJO ROSS OHLENDORF

  • 13
    THROUGHOUT THE SEASON 2008

  • 14
    First Base

    JASON GIAMBI

  • 15
    Second Base

    ROBINSON CANO

  • 16
    Third Base

    ALEX RODRIGUEZ

  • 17
    Shortstop

    DEREK JETER

  • 18
    Left Field

    JOHNNY DAMON/XAVIER NADY

  • 19
    Center Field

    MELKY CABRERA/BRETT GARDNER

  • 20
    Right Field

    BOBBY ABREU

  • 21
    Catcher

    JOSE MOLINA/IVAN 'PUDGE' RODRIGUEZ/CHAD MOELLER

  • 22
    Bench

    CODY RANSOM JUAN MIRANDA MELKY CABRERA/BRETT GARDNER JUSTIN CHRISTIAN

  • 23
    Starters

    MIKE MUSSINA ANDY PETTITTE DARRELL RASNER SIDNEY PONSON CARL PAVANO PHIL HUGHES IAN KENNEDY

  • 24
    Relievers

    MARIANO RIVERA JOBA CHAMBERLAIN JOSE VERAS EDWAR RAMIREZ DAMASO MARTE PHIL COKE DAN GIESE ALFREDO ACEVES CHRIS BRITTON DAVID ROBERTSON BRIAN BRUNEY JONATHAN ALBALEDEJO

  • 25
    2009 YANKEES

    AS OF SPRING TRAINING AND PLAYERS IN CONTENTION

  • 26
    First Base

    MARK TEIXEIRA

  • 27
    Second Base

    ROBINSON CANO

  • 28
    Third Base

    ALEX RODRIGUEZ

  • 29
    Shortstop

    DEREK JETER

  • 30
    Left Field

    JOHNNY DAMON

  • 31
    Center Field

    MELKY CABRERA/BRETT GARDNER

  • 32
    Right Field

    XAVIER NADY

  • 33
    Catcher

    JORGE POSADA/JOSE MOLINA

  • 34
    Bench

    HIDEKI MATSUI-DH NICK SWISHER CODY RANSOM JOSE MOLINA BRETT GARDNER/MELKY CABRERA

  • 35
    Starters

    1. CC SABATHIA 2. CHIEN-MING WANG 3. A.J. BURNETT 4. ANDY PETTITTE 5. JOBA CHAMBERLAIN

  • 36
    Relievers

    MARIANO RIVERA BRIAN BRUNEY DAMASO MARTE PHIL COKE JOSE VERAS DAVID ROBERTSON EDWAR RAMIREZ HUMBERTO SANCHEZ JONATHAN ALBALEDEJO

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