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Yankees 2011 Leadoff Man: With Jeter’s Clock Ticking, Could It Be Brett Gardner?

the past two seasons, Derek Jeter has been leading off for the New York Yankees after spending many years in the two-hole.

At the beginning of 2009, Joe Girardi explained that Jeter was a "more pure" lead-off man than Johnny Damon. Speculation has it that it was also because Jeter frequently hits into double-plays.

The move certainly didn't do any harm to the order as the Yankees posted back to back years of high offensive productivity.

In 2010, however, Jeter was not the reason.

The captain suffered one of the most grueling seasons of his career with a .270 average and a myriad of failures in the clutch.

Although even I feel that it was just an off-year for Jeter, would dropping him back a little in the order ...

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