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Both the Mets and the Yankees made some key acquisitions during the off-season.

George Steinbrenner scored big by nabbing the Big Unit, Randy Johnson, who will lead a rotation further bolstered by Jared Wright and Carl Pavano. The Yankees also brought Tino Martinez back to the lineup and added Tony Womack.

The Mets had one of the most productive off-seasons, winning the betting wars over Carlos Beltron and right-handed pitcher Pedro Martinez.

With so many new faces in New York, how will the Mets and Yankee lineups stack up against each other? Our experts weigh in.


Name: Sam Borden Height/Weight: 5'10"/159 lbs.
Birthplace: New Haven, Conn.
Team: New York Daily News
Covers/Cheers for: Yankees/ Knicks
College: Emory University
MLB writing experience: 3
Baseball experience: In six years of Little League, a ground rule double over the fence was as close as he got to a home run.


Name: Scott Stump
Height/Weight: 6'3"/188 lbs.
Birthplace: Long Branch, NJ
Team: Asbury Park Press
Covers/Cheers for: Yankees/Mets
College: Northwestern
MLB writing experience: 1
Baseball experience: Red Bank Catholic High School varsity pitcher, center fielder


Name: Mychael Urban
Height/Weight:
6'6"/270 lbs.
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Team: MLB.com, author of Aces: The Last Season on the Mound with the Oakland A's Big Three: Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito
Covers/Cheers for: Nation-wide Writer/Oakland
College: University of San Francisco
MLB writing experience: 5
Alias: Sixth pitcher in the As rotation.

 

PITCHERS
RANDY JOHNSON
PEDRO MARTINEZ
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 6'10"/235 lbs.
Birthdate: 9/10/1963
Birthplace: Walnut Creek, CA
Bats/Throws: R/L
Team: New York Yankees
College: USC
MLB Experience: 18 years
2005 Salary: $15,419,815

Career Stats
IP
W-L
SV
ERA
Ks
BB
245.2
16-14
0
2.60
290
44

 

Height/Weight: 5'11"/180 lbs.
Birthdate: 10/25/1971
Birthplace: Manoguayabo, DR
Bats/Throws: R/R
Team: New York Mets
College: Ohio Dominican
MLB Experience: 13 years
2005 Salary: $10,875,000

Career Stats
IP
W-L
SV
ERA
Ks
BB
217.0
16-9
0
3.90
227
61

Randy because the Yankees are Pedro's daddy.

Randy Johnson. Heavy metal beats salsa music every time. Plus he has those five Cy Youngs to Pedro's one.


Randy. Tall pitchers are better.
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CATCHERS
JORGE POSADA
MIKE PIAZZA
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 6'2"/205 lbs.
Birthdate: 8/17/1971
Birthplace: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Bats/Throws: S/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: Calhoun CC AL
MLB Experience: 11 years
2005 Salary: $11,000,000

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
3373
156
.270
607
521
10

Height/Weight: 6'3"/215 years
Birthdate: 9/4/1968
Birthplace: Norristown, PA
Bats/Throws: R/R
Team: New York Mets
College: Miami-Dade CC FL
MLB Experience: 13 years
2005 Salary: $16,071,429

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
5805
378
.315
1161
935
17

 
Piazza. Playmates are better every time.






The Mets fan in me wants to give it to Piazza, but Posada is the better player because he can switch hit and play defensively.
Posada.


Jorge because he's not washed up yet. Plus he can throw guys out.
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FIRST BASE
JASON GIAMBI
DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 6'3"/230 pounds
Birthdate: 1/8/1971
Birthplace: West Covina, CA
Bats/Throws: L/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: Long Beach State
MLB Experience: 11 years
2005 Salary: $13,428,571

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
4759
281
.297
944
851
13

Height/Weight: 6'2"/205 lbs.
Birthdate: 6/19/1974
Birthplace: Toledo, OH
Bats/Throws: L/R
Team: New York Mets
College: Florida State
MLB Experience: 7 years
2005 Salary: $3,750,000


Career Stats

AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
2254
44
.272
276
286
11

Giambi because he's a big In and Out Burger guy and so am I...or at least I was before i stopped eating red meat.

Giambi. He's bullet proof. Steroid allegations can't even take him down. Also, he's a big motorcylce fan.


Giambi, not just because he's a way better player, but he's also the best guy I've covered.
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SECOND BASE
TONY WOMACK
KAZ MATSUI
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 5'9"/170 lbs.
Birthdate: 9/25/1969
Birthplace: Danville, VA
Bats/Throws: L/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: Guilford, NC
MLB Experience: 12 years
2005 Salary: $2,000,000

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
4578
35
.275
348
687
337


Height/Weight: 5'10"/185
Birthdate: 10/23/1975
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Bats/Throws: S/R
Team: New York Mets
College: none
MLB Experience: 1 year
2005 Salary: $7,058,333


Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
460
7
.272
44
65
14

 

Kaz. He used to have pink hair.

 

Tony Womack. He doesn't bounce the ball every time he throws it.


Tony becasue he's actually had a good season in America.

 

 

 

 
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THIRD BASE
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
DAVID WRIGHT
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 6'3"/210 lbs.
Birthdate: 7/27/1975
Birthplace: New York, NY
Bats/Throws: R/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: none
MLB Experience: 12 years
2005 Salary: $25,705,118

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
5596
381
.305
1097
1122
205

 

Height/Weight: 6'0"/200 lbs.
Birthdate: 12/20/1982
Birthplace: Norfolk, VA
Bats/Throws: R/R
Team: New York Mets
College: none
MLB Experience: 1 year
2005 Salary: $322,500


Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
263
14
.293
40
41
6

 
A Rod. Gotta go with production over potentional.

David Wright. He's the future of the Mets.


David Wright because I don't like dealing with ARod
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SHORT STOP
DEREK JETER
JOSE REYES
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...


Height/Weight: 6'3"/195 lbs.
Birthdate: 06/26/1974
Birthplace: Pequannock, NJ
Bats/Throws: R/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: Michigan
MLB Experience: 11 years
2004 Salary: $19,600,000

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
643
23
.292
78
111
23

 


Height/Weight: 6'0"/175 years
Birthdate: 06/11/1983
Birthplace: Villa Gonzalez, DR
Bats/Throws: S/R
Team: New York Mets
College: No College
MLB Experience: 2 years
2005 Salary: $332,000

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
220
2
.255
14
33
19

 
Jeter because Reyes gets hurt walking down the street.

No brainer. That's got to be Jeter. He's the most clutch player in baseball. The guy just wins. He's been in the playoffs every year of his career.


Jeter. Clutch. Classy. Cool.
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LEFT FIELD
HIDEKI MATSUI
CLIFF FLOYD
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 6'2"/209 lbs.
Birthdate: 6/12/1974
Birthplace: Kanazawa, Japan
Bats/Throws: L/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: none
MLB Experience: 3 years
2005 Salary: $8,000,000

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
1219
49
.295
219
195
5

Height/Weight: 6'4"/230 lbs.
Birthdate: 12/5/1972
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Bats/Throws: L/R
Team: New York Mets
College: none
MLB Experience: 13 years
2005 Salary: $6,500,000

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
3901
169
.283
641
623
129

 

 

Hideki. He could win the triple crown this year.

Matsui. He deals with a ton of media between the Japanese and the Americans and seems to get better every year. This year he looks like he's ready to win the MVP.


Matsui. Anyone who has the nickname Godzilla is tops in my book. The dude's got his own lunch box in Japan. You can't beat that.

 
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CENTER FIELD
BERNIE WILLIAMS
CARLOS BELTRAN
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 6'2"/205 lbs.
Birthdate: 9/13/1968
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bats/Throws: S/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: Puerto Rico
MLB Experience: 15 years
2005 Salary: $12,357,143

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
6972
263
.301
1133
1248
144

Height/Weight: 6'1"/190 lbs.
Birthdate: 4/24/1977
Birthplace: Manati, Puerto Rico
Bats/Throws: S/R
Team: New York Mets
College: none
MLB Experience: 8 years
2005 Salary: $11,571,429

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
3477
147
.284
572
617
192

 
Carlos Beltran. The new Mets might be a myth but Beltran is for real.

Beltran. Better all around player at this point. He's what Bernie Williams was 12 years ago. Total package.


Carlos. Five tools beats two.

 

 
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RIGHT FIELD
GARY SHEFFIELD
ERIC VALENT
AND THE EXPERTS SAY...

Height/Weight: 6'0"/205 lbs.
Birthdate: 11/18/1968
Birthplace: Tampa, FL
Bats/Throws: R/R
Team: New York Yankees
College: none
MLB Experience: 18 years
2005 Salary: $11,496,689

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
7313
415
.298
1356
1309
205


Height/Weight: 5'11"/195 lbs.
Birthdate: 4/4/1977
Birthplace: La Mirada, CA
Bats/Throws: L/L
Team: New York Mets
College: UCLA
MLB Experience: 5 years
2005 Salary: $332,000

Career Stats
AB
HR
AVG
RBI
R
SB
367
13
.237
36
46
0

 
Sheffield. Who is Eric Valent?

Gotta go with Sheffield. He always puts up the numbers despite any distractions.


Sheffield. Scariest hitter in baseball.

 

 
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