Girardi shares thoughts on upcoming season
Article By Unknown on 15th February, 2010
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New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi has tough decisions ahead. The New York Yankees are coming off their first championship season in a decade and with a reloaded roster that could be stronger than last year's team. Curtis Granderson and Javier Vasquez are the biggest names to join the team, but they've also upgraded their depth with solid role players like Nick Johnson and Randy Winn.
But even with all that talent on hand, manager Joe Girardi still has some tough work ahead. He'll have to balance egos, play the press, and choose a fifth starter, just to name a few issues on his plate.
Girardi joined WFAN in New York to talk about getting back to work, how he expects the center field position to sort itself out, and how his fifth starter situation will be resolved.
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On what the big picture looks like as he approaches the season:
I think the big picture is you look at the health of your starting rotation, if you keep your starting rotation intact. I feel that we are going to have a good year, and we could have a very good year.
I think our rotation going into last year was really strong. We lost Chien-Ming Wang and didn't really have him for most of the year. I think it's strong this year as well, adding Javier Vasquez, who we know is not coming off of an injury and he is going to be a big part of our rotation.
How he expects the center field position to sort itself out:
We have a couple of different pieces. We have Granderson there, and leave him there every day, but we also have Gardner. Does he become an everyday player? Does he become a platoon play...
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New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi has tough decisions ahead. The New York Yankees are coming off their first championship season in a decade and with a reloaded roster that could be stronger than last year's team. Curtis Granderson and Javier Vasquez are the biggest names to join the team, but they've also upgraded their depth with solid role players like Nick Johnson and Randy Winn.
But even with all that talent on hand, manager Joe Girardi still has some tough work ahead. He'll have to balance egos, play the press, and choose a fifth starter, just to name a few issues on his plate.
Girardi joined WFAN in New York to talk about getting back to work, how he expects the center field position to sort itself out, and how his fifth starter situation will be resolved.
* * *
On what the big picture looks like as he approaches the season:
I think the big picture is you look at the health of your starting rotation, if you keep your starting rotation intact. I feel that we are going to have a good year, and we could have a very good year.
I think our rotation going into last year was really strong. We lost Chien-Ming Wang and didn't really have him for most of the year. I think it's strong this year as well, adding Javier Vasquez, who we know is not coming off of an injury and he is going to be a big part of our rotation.
How he expects the center field position to sort itself out:
We have a couple of different pieces. We have Granderson there, and leave him there every day, but we also have Gardner. Does he become an everyday player? Does he become a platoon play...
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