Lineups and rotations: AL East

by John Halpin, FOXSports.com

Updated: April 21, 2008, 8:10 PM EST 3 comments

AL East: Projected lineups
	Orioles	Red Sox	Yankees	Rays	Blue Jays
C	R. Hernandez	J. Varitek	Jorge Posada	Dioner Navarro (DL)	Gregg Zaun
1B	Kevin Millar	Kevin Youkilis	Jason Giambi	Carlos Peña	Lyle Overbay
2B	B. Roberts	Dustin Pedroia	Robinson Cano	A. Iwamura	Aaron Hill
SS	L. Hernandez	Julio Lugo	Derek Jeter	Jason Bartlett	David Eckstein
3B	Melvin Mora	Mike Lowell	Alex Rodriguez	E. Longoria	Scutaro/Rolen (DL)
LF	Luke Scott	M. Ramirez	Johnny Damon	Carl Crawford	S. Stewart
RF	N. Markakis	J.D. Drew	Bobby Abreu	Haynes/Ruggiano	Alex Rios
CF	Adam Jones	Crisp/Ellsbury	Melky Cabrera	B.J. Upton	Vernon Wells
DH	Aubrey Huff	David Ortiz	Hideki Matsui	Gomes/Hinske	Stairs/Barajas

Projected rotations
	Orioles	Red Sox	Yankees	Rays	Blue Jays
SP (1)	J. Guthrie	Josh Beckett	Chien-Ming Wang	Scott Kazmir (DL)	Roy Halladay
SP (2)	A. Loewen	D. Matsuzaka	Andy Pettitte	James Shields	A.J. Burnett
SP (3)	D. Cabrera	Tim Wakefield	Mike Mussina	Matt Garza (DL)	Dustin McGowan
SP (4)	Steve Trachsel	Jon Lester	Phil Hughes	A. Sonnanstine	Shaun Marcum
SP (5)	B. Burres	Clay Buchholz	Ian Kennedy	Jackson/Hammel	Jesse Litsch
CL	G. Sherrill	J. Papelbon	Mariano Rivera	Troy Percival	B.J. Ryan
Setup	J. Walker	H. Okajima	J. Chamberlain	Wheeler/Reyes	J. Accardo

(Note: Official MLB team sites were used as a resource for the projected batting order and rotation.)

Comments

Rays: SP Scott Kazmir is expected to return by about May 1. Edwin Jackson or Jason Hammel would be bumped from the rotation at that point ... Matt Garza's DL stay shouldn't last much longer ... With Cliff Floyd on the DL for awhile, the Rays will rotate four players between the right field and DH spots ... C Dioner Navarro is expected back by April 22.

Jays: 3B Scott Rolen is expected return very soon; Marco Scutaro will fill in until he gets back.