Upton, Dan Uggla and injured right fielder Jason Heyward are all hitting .179 or worse.
Right fielder Nelson Cruz made a running, over-the-shoulder catch later in the inning to prevent a run.
Right fielder Carlos Beltran, battling a sore toe, went 1 for 5 in a minor league game.
Pierre dashed home easily to make it 3-all as right fielder Mike Baxter's throw was 10 feet wide.
On offense, right fielder Marlon Byrd and catcher John Buck are stopgap solutions.
The New York Mets right fielder batted in just 54 runs and had a slugging percentage of .365 in '02.
Postseason star Raul Ibanez left, as did starting catcher Russell Martin, popular right fielder Nick Swisher and valuable Eric Chavez.
Jayson Nix followed with a single that dropped just in front of charging right fielder Mike Baxter for a 1-0 lead.
When right fielder Darryl Strawberry made the catch right in front of the wall, Thompson tagged and easily went to third.
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Cincinnati right fielder Austin Kearns had a strong rookie year with a slugging average of .500, but he still makes rookie pay.
Texas started right fielder Nelson Cruz, shortstop Elvis Andrus, born in Venezuela, and third baseman Adrian Beltre, born in the Dominican Republic.
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"It's what it's all about, " Red Sox right fielder Shane Victorino explained.
He set the NL record for games caught, but spent his first full season in the majors primarily as Montreal's right fielder.
Right fielder Andre Ethier was moved to center field in manager Don Mattingly's starting lineup, the 49th he has used in 53 games.
Suzuki singed in the fifth, but went too far past the base and was thrown out at first by right fielder Matt Joyce.
Mets right fielder Lucas Duda homered and had two hits, one day after being scratched from the lineup for an undisclosed medial issue.
Former Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim right fielder Torii Hunter (who recently signed with the Detroit Tigers) lived in Prosper, Texas, during the baseball off-season.
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"It's what it's all about, " Red Sox right fielder Victorino explained.
The catcher advanced to third after Yankees right fielder Brennan Boesch was charged with an error for letting Kelly Johnson's ground single go under his glove.
The Yankees broke through against Harvey in the sixth after right fielder Marlon Byrd bobbled Gardner's leadoff single for an error that allowed the speedster to reach second.
Yoenis Cespedes walked leading off and went to third base on a line drive by Josh Donaldson that right fielder Ichiro Suzuki appeared to lose in the lights.
New right fielder Delmon Young will begin the season on the DL, and key sluggers Ryan Howard and Chase Utley have dealt with major injuries in recent years.
Daniel Murphy and David Wright homered for the Mets, and right fielder Marlon Byrd preserved the lead by throwing out a runner at the plate in the eighth inning.
"About the third or fourth inning, I could tell he was throwing everything for a strike and was doing whatever he wanted to do, " right fielder Allen Craig said.
Home-run records hadn't been broken often: It had been 37 years since New York Yankees right fielder Roger Maris had hit 61, eclipsing Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60.
Daniel Murphy and David Wright homered for the Mets, and reserve right fielder Marlon Byrd preserved the lead by throwing out a runner at the plate in the eighth inning.
Murphy tied it in the second with a two-run double, a liner that right fielder Carlos Beltran lost running out of the shadows into a patch of sunlight in right.
Yoenis Cespedes walked leading off the sixth and went to third base on a line drive by Josh Donaldson that right fielder Ichiro Suzuki appeared to lose in the lights.
Wells would take over in left field while Granderson is recovering from a broken right forearm and join an outfield that includes center fielder Brett Gardner and right fielder Ichiro Suzuki.
As the 2013 season approaches, Ichiro, the Yankees' right fielder, stands 394 away from reaching 3, 000 major-league hits an astonishing achievement considering he didn't move to the U.S. until his age-27 season.
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