vs. Oakland 7/18

4:22 PM:

Early lineup for tonight's game

SS Derek Jeter
RF Bobby Abreu
3B Alex Rodriguez
DH Jorge Posada
1B Richie Sexson
2B Robinson Cano
CF Melky Cabrera
C Jose Molina
LF Brett Gardner

LHP Greg Smith (5-7, 3.43 ERA) vs. RHP Mike Mussina (11-6, 3.61)

The Yankees are throwing Sexson right into the New York fire against Oakland's spot-starter Smith.

Mussina's ERA has dropped significantly with each month this season.

April: 4.73
May: 3.72
June: 3.18
July: 1.50

Be back with some updates later on

Yankees get "Sexy"

10:33 PM: You all wanted the Yankees to add a bat? They added a bat. Too bad it's 33-year old .218-hitting Richie Sexson. Seriously though, Sexson will become the only Yankee with a .300+ clip against lefties this season and should provide even a minor boost over Wilson Betemit.

The Yankees will only have to pay Sexson the pro-rated minimum of $161,000. So in the end, the worst thing that will come out of this will be a little lost loose change out of the Steinbrenner family's pocket.

10:49 PM: Alfredo Aceves' line from Scranton today:
4IP 2H 0R 0ER 0BB 5K

Update coming later with the matchups for the Oakland series.