New York Yankees fans baffled by latest batting order with Jake Bauers at the top vs Rays: "Hope random lineup generator knows what it is doing"

Jake Bauers is not the typical leadoff hitter, but that's exactly what the New York Yankees slugger is going to do Sunday. With a pivotal matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays on deck and a vital 3-1 series win on the table, Aaron Boone has opted to slide the lefty all the way up in the lineup.New York Yankees@YankeesMother’s Day Matinee. #RepBX1421183Mother’s Day Matinee. #RepBX https://t.co/2s0CNsDVa9The rest of the lineup is as follows:Jake Bauers, LFAaron Judge, RFAnthony Rizzo, 1BDJ LeMahieu, 3BHarrison Bader, CFWillie Calhoun, DHAnthony Volpe, SSJose Trevino, COswaldo Cabrera, 2BClarke Schmidt will be on the mound with an otherwise pretty standard lineup behind him. The only major surprise is that Bauers is the first hitter in the lineup. Many fans were surprised by Boone's lineup decision.Owen@BronxCentral@Yankees You roll this lineup out for our mothers?12@Yankees You roll this lineup out for our mothers?Yankeesfan1076@stewiegiffin21@Yankees Man I hope random lineup generator knows what it is doing.1@Yankees Man I hope random lineup generator knows what it is doing.NYY Recaps@NYYRecapsDerek@Yankees Bauers leading off. Interesting.46@Yankees Bauers leading off. Interesting.Big Baby David@BigBabyDavid_@Yankees Bauers leading off huh52@Yankees Bauers leading off huh https://t.co/6ifdf09kJdZT🗽@NY_EvilEmpire@Yankees No Gleyber on Mother’s Day is criminal38@Yankees No Gleyber on Mother’s Day is criminalThe Last King Lou🤴🏾@YankeesGhost@Yankees Don’t understand why @TorresGleyber is sitting but okay, JUST WIN!6@Yankees Don’t understand why @TorresGleyber is sitting but okay, JUST WIN!Patrick Hennessy@UnhingedPatrick@Yankees Aaron Boone is so unserious.31@Yankees Aaron Boone is so unserious.New York Jankees 🌞@Jannkeess@Yankees JAKE BAUERS LEADOFF?16@Yankees JAKE BAUERS LEADOFF?Dan Rourke@DanAlanRourke@Yankees Oh come on dude wheres Gleyber881@Yankees Oh come on dude wheres GleyberTrent Kinard@kinard_trent@Yankees bauers leading off is a... decision3@Yankees bauers leading off is a... decisionMike@MikeJJR02@Yankees Leadoff Bauers aboutta be the best or worst idea Boone has ever come up with1@Yankees Leadoff Bauers aboutta be the best or worst idea Boone has ever come up withNew York Yankees fans curious about latest lineupTwo things about this lineup have New York Yankees fans scratching their heads. First, many are shocked to see Gleyber Torres' name on the bench. He's been one of the best players for the Yanks this year and has a history of playing well on Mother's Day, including a walk-off home run last year.Gleyber Torres is not in the lineup today for the New York YankeesSecond, Jake Bauers isn't who anyone expected to see leading off today, especially not with DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Volpe, and others in the lineup. It's an interesting decision. Will it work out for the Bronx Bombers?Bauers has been a key contributor this season. Despite less action than others, he's been very good. He is third on the team with a 151 wRC+, ahead of Aaron Judge, DJ LeMahieu, and Gleyber Torres.He has accumulated 0.2 fWAR in just 10 games. Over a full season, that would exceed 3.0 fWAR, so he's been quite good. Hitting leadoff is certainly a choice, but his 3.60 OBP is also third on the team and ahead of Judge and LeMahieu.Bauers is also second on the team in slugging, third in walk percentage, and third in wOBA, so he's been excellent thus far.It makes sense to get him at-bats while he's hot and Volpe's demotion to seventh in the lineup paid immediate dividends. No need to push him back up if he's playing well there.

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