Your 2008 Yankees

PA’s got the roster up:

Lineup
Johnny Damon LF
Derek Jeter SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Jason Giambi 1B
Jorge Posada C
Hideki Matsui DH
Robinson Cano 2B
Melky Cabrera CF

Bench
Jose Molina C
Shelley Duncan 1B-RF-LF
Morgan Ensberg 1B-3B
Wilson Betemit 1B-2B-3B-SS

Starters
RHP Chien-Ming Wang
RHP Mike Mussina
RHP Phil Hughes
RHP Ian Kennedy

Relievers
RHP Mariano Rivera
RHP Joba Chamberlain
RHP LaTroy Hawkins
RHP Kyle Farnsworth
LHP Billy Traber
RHP Ross Ohlendorf
RHP Brian Bruney
RHP Jon Albaladejo

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60-day disabled list
RHP Andrew Brackman
RHP Humberto Sanchez
RHP Carl Pavano

15-day disabled list
LHP Andy Pettitte
RHP Jeff Karstens
LHP Sean Henn

This is our team and I’m pretty excited. As you can see, the Yankees placed Pettitte on the DL but it’s backdated, so he’ll be available the first week of April. This allowed Girardi to carry an extra reliever in Jonathan Albaladejo. Girardi opted to go with Ross Ohlendorf over carrying a long man which, in view of the spring training performances by Kei Igawa, Rasner and Karstens, seems like the best idea. Ohlendorf can get some ground outs with his sinker and he’s got a different look when compared to Bruney, Farnsworth or Joba. The team looks very solid right now. Great bench, good stuff in that bullpen.