Yankees Have GOOD Problems--At Least For Now

Here we are on the eve of spring training, and the Yankees are on the backpage. No surprise there-the Bombers are used to dominating the tabloids. But this was for a very good reason; demonstrating once again why the Yankees will be the team to beat this season.

Did you notice that Yankees Manager Joe Girardi has asked Curtis Granderson, an ALL STAR CENTERFIELDER in 2009, if he'd have a problem playing left field so that Brett Gardner can get some time in center, where young Gardner is more comfortable. Granderson DOES have experience in left.

True to his engaging personality, Granderson had no problem with the request. He's excited about being with a World Championship club that promises to be in the running come the postseason in October. Granderson has served as a baseball ambasssador for MLB Commissioner/Used Car Salesman Bud Selig, and is well liked throughout baseball.

He shouldn't have a problem fitting in the Yankees clubhouse. Yes, he'll need to cut down his strikeouts (141 in 2009) and better his on base percentage, but with the Yankees lineup stacked as it is, you would think Curtis would be a speedy cog in a well oiled machine of a lineup.

Honestly, the biggest question facing the Yankees may be age and what to do NEXT season: Posada, Jeter, Pettitte and Rivera are all past 35-Mo is 40. A-Rod hits 35 in July. But until you see them all struggling with Father Time, the Yankees are fully expected to at least go deep into October. The "win now" Bronx contingent will address their age only when they have to.