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Melky Cabrera cut a deal today that lowers his suspension to two days.  That means he is out tonight and tomorrow and Damon is therefore in center with Matsui in left.  The interesting thing is that Betemit will DH tonight. Since they are facing a righty, you want Giambi in the lineup, but wouldn't this have been a good chance to get his glove away from first? 

As part of the Melky deal, Shelly Duncan also dropped his appeal and will begin serving his suspension Sunday.  I don't know the background on this, but I find it interesting that MLB cut this deal.  Essentially, they said that if you don't make a stink about the suspensions you can avoid playing down two players this weekend.  Seems a little strange.

UPDATE: Scratch part of the above, the Yankees have decided to put Posada in at DH and Molina in a C.  Posada was originally going to catch, but now he is just DH'ing.  Also, Joe Girardi is so sick with the flu that Rob Thomson will manage tonight.