Youth Movement

It is hard to believe that the Yanks might be going through a youth movement, but they might be a very young team next year. Arod has the right to opt out of his current contract and with Boras as his agent, it is likely to happen. With Arod on the open market, who knows where he will end up. Abreu is a free agent at the end of the season, as is Posada and Rivera. Pettitte has a player option deciding whether he will play again next year. Clemens is obviously gone at the end of the year, maybe ready to be courted at midseason.

I believe that Arod will be elsewhere, and that the Yanks will spend the money to get Rivera and Posada to return. If I am right about that, here is what the Yanks might look like in 2008:

C- Posada
DH- Giambi
1B- Phillips
2B- Cano
SS- Jeter
3B- Betemit
LF- Matsui
CF- Cabrera
RF- Damon/Duncan
SP- Wang, Pettitte, Hughes, Chamberlin, Mussina (DaSalvo, Clippard, Igawa)
RP- Rivera, Ramirez, Henn, Farnsworth, Bruney, Vizcaino, Karstens, Rasner