The Yankees got their only two runs in Thursday's game against the Rays on back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh off Gary Glover. Melky Cabrera had the first RBI single with two outs and it was immediately followed by Derek Jeter's RBI knock. Jeter finished the game 2-for-4. He has hit safely in six of his last seven games (9-for-29). (Updated 05/15/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Jeter has been a solid bat in May for the Yankees. He is hitting .345 (19-for-55) with one homer and five RBI. He does have 10 strikeouts, but outside of that, he is producing favorable numbers. There is no need to bench Jeter in Fantasy formats. (Updated 05/15/2008).
Jeter homered for the first time this season, and the visiting Yankees ended a six-game losing streak to Detroit with a 5-2 victory on Saturday. (Updated 05/11/2008)
Advice
Jeter hit a solo shot in the first inning off Jeremy Bonderman, ending his career-long drought of 128 at-bats without a homer to start a season. He has hit .419 (13-for-31) with a homer and four RBIs in his last seven games, and is batting .308 with a homer and 18 RBIs overall.
The Yankees got their only two runs in Thursday's game against the Rays on back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh off Gary Glover. Melky Cabrera had the first RBI single with two outs and it was immediately followed by Derek Jeter's RBI knock. Jeter finished the game 2-for-4. He has hit safely in six of his last seven games (9-for-29). (Updated 05/15/2008).
Injury Report
No information available at this time (Updated 5/17/08).
Fantasy Analysis
Jeter has been a solid bat in May for the Yankees. He is hitting .345 (19-for-55) with one homer and five RBI. He does have 10 strikeouts, but outside of that, he is producing favorable numbers. There is no need to bench Jeter in Fantasy formats. (Updated 05/15/2008).
