2007 NY Yankees : Offense

The lineup is strong behind Boston and Toronto in the division and LA and Minnesota in the league..on a par with Detroit and Tampa. Talent wise that is how the Yankees stack up but in performance they will probably be the top offense in the league. The key is hitting and base running ... the area of Yankee advantage with Abreu, Jeter, ARod, Cano, Matsui, Cabrera, and Damon the Yankees will be effective on the bases unlike Minnesota, Boston, and Toronto..and on a par with Detroit and LA. The Yankees will come at you with walks, hits and xtra base hits... Damon, Jeter, Abreu figure to give Giambi and Arod two RBI opportunities per game. Behind those two are Matsui Cano and Posada.. if the Yankees really do go on with the ridiculous Mienkiewisc at 1b..that will be the only easy out in the lineup and the reason the offense seems to take a step backwards from last season. The Yankees will still have a power game with Giambi and ARod. In his walk year ARod may have a dynamic season. He will opt out of his contract and leave the Yankees in the hunt for a replacement star in a year when Andruuw Jones might become available(Abreu is in the last year) and when they may want to promote Eric Duncan to play 3B. They should be trying for Miguel Cabrera from this point forward too.