Who are these guys?

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At the beginning of the season the New York Yankees were picked as UNDERDOGS by almost everyone out there. Scrapping at the bottom of the American League East hoping and praying they could manage to at least get fourth place.

This harsh criticism came off the fact that the Yanks having lost key starters to injury before the season even started. These injuries included Mark Teixeria, Curtis Granderson, Alex Rodriguez, and oh the future hall of famer and captain Derek Jeter.

The Yanks also lost key players to free agency such as catcher Russell Martin, outfielders Raul Ibanez and Nick Swisher.

But twenty games later the Yanks are in the mist of the Al East race and winning games by using band-aids and Duck tape.

They are wining with so called washed up players like Ichiro Suzuki, Vernon Wells, and Kevin Youkilis. Also who can't forget about Travis Hafner who is batting a soild .300 and has five home runs this season.

These new Yankees are not doing their job the old fashion Yankee way by pounding a team with run after run and home run after home run. No these Yanks are hitting, getting on base, and wining games with few run margins.

So who are these guys really? Jeter and A-Rod are not expected to be back till after the All-Star break. Also Teixeria and the Grandy Man are not expected back anytime soon either.

All things considered these bunch of misfit players need to continue to play at a high level until the starters can come back if the Yankees want to compete in September and October. But how much longer can they really keep this up? Only time will tell.