{"id":77576,"date":"2020-09-29T06:15:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T03:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-key-decision-hanging-over-yankees-game-1-mlb-playoff-lineup\/"},"modified":"2020-09-29T06:15:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T03:15:11","slug":"the-key-decision-hanging-over-yankees-game-1-mlb-playoff-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-key-decision-hanging-over-yankees-game-1-mlb-playoff-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"#The key decision hanging over Yankees’ Game 1 MLB playoff lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The key decision hanging over Yankees’ Game<\/a> 1 MLB playoff lineup<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Asked Monday afternoon if he had a lineup for Tuesday night\u2019s Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series<\/a> against the Indians at Progressive Field, Aaron Boone said he didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Part of the reason was what the Yankees\u2019 manager was going to do in left field, where he could choose between the right-handed hitting Clint Frazier or lefty swingers Brett Gardner and Mike Tauchman against stud right-hander Shane Bieber.<\/p>\n

\u201cGot to talk through that today and decide which way we want to go,\u2019\u2019 Boone said Monday when the Yankees worked out at Progressive Field in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

If Boone desires a left-handed bat against Bieber, it likely would be Gardner who finished a subpar season (.223 batting average) on a high note by hitting .385 (10-for-26) with a .500 on-base percentage in his last nine games.<\/p>\n

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Brett Gardner and Clint Frazier<\/span>Robert Sabo, Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also lending support for using Gardner is after a solid season in which he batted .267 with eight homers and 26 RBIs, Frazier cooled off down the stretch. In his final six games, he went 1-for-20 (.050) and struck out 11 times.<\/p>\n

According to Boone, the Yankees held a meeting on Monday to form a roster that has to be turned into MLB by 10 a.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a pretty long, spirited meeting [Monday] at the hotel with coaches, extended staff where we detailed the merits of going one way or the other,\u2019\u2019 said Boone, who was mulling carrying 12 or 13 pitchers. \u201cWe are letting that sit and letting everyone\u2019s opinion fester a little bit and hope to finalize things later this evening.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Miguel Andujar and James Paxton worked out with the Yankees on Monday. According to Boone Andujar is being considered for a spot on the 28-man roster and Paxton could be in play if the Yankees get deep in the postseason.<\/p>\n