Al Central

May, 2007

NL CentralNew VorkLast season: ;)7-(>">. finished first but lost lo Detroit in four games in the first round of the postsea­son. The Yankees have an All-Star at eight of nine lineup spots; first base is the onlv exception.Off-Season fOCUS: 1 lie Yanks' plan was to gel younger and cheaper. Nei­ther should have been dilliiull. consid­ering how old and expensive thev were in 2001). They did get a bit younger, particularly by trading Garv Sheffield and Kandy ]ohnson. But cheapeir Signing left-h...