31-year old lefty swinging Nick Johnson has returned to where his major league career started for the 2010 season. Johnson will be replacing Hideki Matsui at DH. Johnson played in 133 games last season for the Nationals & Marlins in which he was 133 for 457 (.291 avg, .831 OPS) with 71 runs scored, 8 homers and 62 RBIs. Johnson will be replacing Johnny Damon in the #2 slot in the Yankees batting order because of his ability to get on base. But, look for his power numbers to improve this season for the Yankees as he will be aiming for the jet stream a lot in RF. With that in mind he could top his career high of 23 homers in a season.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE DH IN 2010: B-