Yankees Projected Lineup with Edwin Encarnacion and Injured Players
By Parker White
If you have any intention of throwing a gem against the New York Yankees, you better do it now because this lineup is about to look scary.
On Saturday, New York acquired designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion from the Mariners. He happens to lead the AL with 21 home runs. Oh and by the way, manager Aaron Boone announced on Sunday that outfield slugger Giancarlo Stanton will return to the lineup on Tuesday.
Aaron Judge is also close to returning, as he started a rehab assignment at Triple-A this weekend. So, what will this Yankee lineup look like with the addition of Encarnacion and the injured starters who are close to returning? This could work.
The Yankees acquired AL home run leader Edwin Encarnación in a trade with the Mariners on Saturday night, adding another feared slugger to what could be baseball's most powerful lineup when Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton return from injuries. https://t.co/9fdVIMyrys
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Lineup: 1.) 3B DJ LeMahieu 2.) RF Aaron Judge 3.) DH Edwin Encarnacion 4.) LF Giancarlo Stanton 5.) C Gary Sanchez 6.) CF Aaron Hicks 7.) 1B Luke Voit 8.) SS Didi Gregorius 9.) 2B Gleyber Torres
New York will also have a solid bench with third baseman Gio Urshela, outfielder Clint Frazier, veteran outfielder Brett Gardner and backup catcher Austin Romine.
Many pitchers will come up sick when they will have to face a @Yankees lineup that will add STANTON - JUDGE- ENCARNACION to their lineup They will be an offensive machine .// https://t.co/ACvWXor0N0
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) June 16, 2019
You can go a number of ways constructing this lineup with all this firepower. I mean, it seems ridiculous to have Gleyber Torres hitting ninth, but where are you going to put him?
A 2-3-4-5 of Judge, Encarnacion, Stanton and Sanchez is arguably the best, most-powerful middle of the order in baseball, and they still have Luke Voit coming down in the lineup.
They could still be a little strikeout prone, but as long as they don't have that issue at the same time, there is no quit in this lineup and everyone has the potential to go deep.