Early napkin projections of the AL East's big 3 in the same vein as this. I tended to the conservative side for these estimates.

Position Players:





TB

BOS

NYY Catcher Platoon 3 Platoon 1 Platoon 2.5 1B Platoon 2 Gonzalez 5.5 Teixeira 4.5 2B Zobrist 4 Pedroia 6 Cano 5.5 SS Platoon* 2.5 Platoon 2.75 Jeter 3 3B Longoria 6.5 Youkilis 5.5 Rodriguez 4.5 LF Damon 2 Ellsbury 3 Gardner 4 CF Upton 4 Crawford 5 Granderson 4 RF Joyce 3 Drew 3.25 Swisher 3.5 DH MANNY 2.5 Ortiz 2.5 Posada 1.5 Total



29.5

34.5

33

*Assuming that Brignac and Rodriguez Platoon at SS.

Pitching staffs:



TB BOS NYY P1 Price 4 Lester 5.5 Sabathia 5.5 P2 Shields 3.5 Beckett 4 Hughes 2.5 P3 Niemann 2 Lackey 3 Burnett 2 P4 Hellickson 2 Buchholz 2.5 Filler 0.5 P5 Davis 1.5 Matsuzaka 1 Filler 0.5 Pen

3

3

4 Bench

1

1

1

Total 17 Total 20 Total 16

Total Team WAR:



TB BOS NYY WAR 46.5 54.5 49 xWins 94.5 102.5 97

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