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Murderers' ... no? How Aaron Boone wants to split Yankees' lineup

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Murderers' no.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone would prefer to not put his three heavy-hitting righties -- Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Gary Sanchez -- back-to-back in his lineup, Boone told reporters before Tuesday's game against the Tigers.

"In a perfect world," he said, "I would have a lefty splitting them up."

That was the case Tuesday, when the Yankees' batting order -- for the first time this spring -- featured Judge hitting second with the lefty-swinging Greg Bird behind him at No.