Andrew Benintendi will switch dugouts at Yankee Stadium Thursday night, as his Kansas City Royals, the Yankees' next opponent on the schedule, traded him on Wednesday night.
It was a necessary addition for the Yanks, who were looking for another bat and one who particularly played in the outfield. Benintendi's high-contact rate and on-base percentage is a perfect fit among the big boppers in the lineup.
Where should he fit in it? The Yankees have the good problem of lots of good players and not enough space in the field each night. So there will be different lineups Aaron Boone deploys over the second half. But for this exercise, we'll focus on the best lineup with Benintendi in play now.
Let's take a look:
1) Andrew Benintendi, CF
2) Aaron Judge, RF
3) Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4) Giancarlo Stanton, DH (after return from IL)
5) DJ LeMahieu, 3B
6) Gleyber Torres, 2B
7) Matt Carpenter, LF
8) Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS
9) Jose Trevino, C