YANKEES VS METS: SECOND BASE

LET THE DEBATE RESUME...

AS WE WILL TACKLE 2ND BASE NOW:

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NY METS

Second Base is another position i have confidence in this year...

With the signing of Luis Castillo.. a guy who handles the bat well...and keeps the ball in play....
with a speedy guy like Reyes at #1 you need a guy like Castillo who can take strikes and still get the ball in play with 2 strikes
i look for Castillo to bat .306 with 2 HR and 52 RBI along with 27 Sb..all this coming off knee surgery...as last year he put up 19 SB with 2 bad knees...and don't forget a gold Glover
Castillo isn't a flashy HR guy but he is a guy that every team needs...

the other options at 2ND are:
Damion Easley - very solid...see 1st base stats...
Ruben Gotay - very good left handed hitter...very good defensively...a strike out waiting to happen from the right side...has some speed
Marlon Anderson - Prob the last option...but he has done a good job defensively at 2ND turning DPs...

The argument can be made that Castillo is the 14Th best 2ND baseman in the majors..as pointed out by one yankee fan..but he put aaron hill ahead of him and personally i think Castillo fits this team better
Castillo fits the Mets system perfectly...and is a "Randolph guy"..that is very good defensively and can put the ball in play aside from being the perfect #2 hitter..
so i think the Mets have the guy they wanted..he is no Chase Utley though...
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NY Yankees 2ND Base.
Last year in Cano's first full season , an injury free season. Robinson in over 600 Ab's posted a phenomenal line. 189 hits 41 doubles 7 triples with 19 Hrs and 97 RBIs. Cano for whatever reason has a bad wrap that he doesnt play defense, I don't know who they are watching but Cano Is actually an above avg defender that gets to more balls than probably half the league. The only reason people get on him for his defense is because he takes the Andrew Jones nonchalant approach where he makes it look too easy. Cano has already proved to everybody that he is one of the better pure hitters in the game and aside from the aforementioned Chase Utley, Cano is the next best in the bigs at his position. Cano showed us a couple seasons back that he can bat for a high average where he missed the batting title by a couple of points by batting an astonishing 342. Usually when you see a young player with a high amount of doubles and improving power to all fields it usually translates to more Home Runs in the near future.
I don't think its even a question if Cano is better than Castillo the question is How much better is he than him.
unlike the Mets the Yankees have an everyday guy in Cano Where you expect and will receive a great statistical line. But in Castillo You have no Idea whether or not he will live another day with adding on to his injury riddled career. The Mets have to rely on bench guys to fill that gap..

This ones a No brainier. The Yankees win this one by a landslide.
Which makes the score all even at One.

OUTCOME
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First Base -Mets
Second Base- Yankees