Yanks have offense to survive loss of Posada

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Wang's gem keeps Yanks afloat, but Jorge goes down
Published 4/28/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... 31 homers right now, which clearly won't happen when you look at his minor league power numbers (27 homers in minor league 1432 at-bats -- that's a homer every 53.04 at bats. Compare that to his major league numbers, where he has 20 homers in 1103 at bats -- that's a homer every 55.15 at bats, but he's improving...so basically, who knows where this is going, but even anything beyond 15 homers this season from Melky would be extraordinary). We generally agree with Mark Feinsand that the Yanks have enough offense to survive the loss of Jorge Posada, but in his argument he uses ...

Can the Yankees survive without Jorge Posada?
Published 4/28/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
The Yankees will be without their catcher for at least two weeks, but as many of you know a trip to Dr. Andrews usually leads to surgery, so two weeks could turn into to two month, or even longer. But as Mark Fiensand points out on his blog today the Yankees have a very deep lineup. One that should be able to still score runs without Posada's bat. Jose Molina is also a decent hitter, nowhere close to Posada, but decent. And defensively he's clearly better than Posada and he also calls a great game. ...