WWJD?
By that I mean of course "What Will Joe Do?". The Yankees have a pretty unique situation in the upcoming three games because they face three lefties in a row. Now, I hope I am wrong about this, but I have a funny feeling that Joe Girardi is going to look at the opposing pitcher and immediately put Cabrera in center. Unless something changes between now and gametime he is 1-1 on that prediction.
Joe didn't seem to notice last season when it happened, so it is probably optimistic to expect him to recognize the fact that Melky has stopped hitting. Here are his OPS figures from April-July .971/.777/.687/.644. If we reproduced that visually it would look like a sinking line.
Now someone will probably point out that Gardner isn't hitting in July either. Very true, but Gardner has a better OBP for the season and he can steal his way into scoring position better than Melky can. Could Joe at least give Brett a chance?
