Is it fair to say a healthy Yankees lineup is capable of putting up 300-plus home runs this season?
-- Brett W., via Facebook

Wow. That is a staggering number, and it is not out of the realm of possibility. The Yankees set the Major League record with 267 homers last season, and that was with Aaron Judge out for seven weeks, Gary Sanchez battling injuries and underperformance, Didi Gregorius missing time and a half-season of subpar results at first base prior to Luke Voit's arrival.

The Yanks would need everything to break right in order to get to 300, but let's make the math easy and say that Judge and Giancarlo Stanton combine for at least 100. That would be a great head start. The Steamer projections have Stanton with 44 and Judge with 35, but those players are one year removed from combining for 111, when Stanton hit 59 for the Marlins and Judge hit 52 for New York.

Last season, the Yankees had 12 players reach double digits, and that could be the case again. Maybe Sanchez approaches his 2017 production, when he hit 33, and they should be able to count on 75 between Miguel Andujar, Aaron Hicks and Gleyber Torres. The shortstop combo of Troy Tulowitzki and Didi Gregorius might account for another 20, and the first base combination of Greg Bird and Luke Voit gave them 25 last year.

Steamer has DJ LeMahieu, Brett Gardner and Austin Romine adding another 23, and maybe someone like Clint Frazier has a hot run during the season. If all that happens, passing last year's total is certainly in play. For 300, they may need the big boys to do the heavy lifting and have MVP-type years, but it could happen.

"You get this whole team healthy, we're going to crush the record that we set last year," Judge said recently. "We had a good team, a lot of guys that can make a lot of solid contact. When they make contact, it goes. We're a team that's primed and ready to do that."

Giancarlo Stanton seems to be playing more games in left field. Do you see that carrying over to the regular season?
-- Matt D., via Twitter

The working plan is that most of Stanton's playing time will again come as the designated hitter, with Gardner in left field, Hicks in center field and Judge in right field. Last year, Stanton started 72 games in the outfield and 85 as the designated hitter. Assuming health, a similar breakdown seems reasonable for 2019.

"I told Boonie, whatever he needs," Stanton said. "If I've got to be out there for five days a week in a row, I'll DH five days a week in a row. He's always good at letting me know the next couple of days' plan. As long as I have that, I can prepare and be ready for whatever they need.

Have any of the Minor League invitees truly impressed?
-- James S., Brooklyn

Yes. In addition to top prospect Estevan Florial, who continues to draw raves from scouts and talent evaluators, left-hander Phillip Diehl and infielder Kyle Holder have earned recognition.

Boone recently said that Diehl "looks like a little kid out there, but don't be fooled; he can really pitch." As for Holder, Boone said that he has grabbed attention "because he's such a gifted defender and he looks a little stronger this year." Diehl and Holder are both 24.

Where is the barometer between Luke Voit and Greg Bird for first base currently?
-- Benny T., Murrells Inlet, S.C.

What a great way to describe the battle -- I wish they had a gauge or scoreboard we could check on a daily basis. Bird has made it an entertaining competition, but Voit has done nothing to lose the job after coming in with "a leg up" in Brian Cashman's view, and the production that Voit provided in the second half of last season cannot be forgotten.

Since the Yankees insist that the lefty-righty balance of their lineup is not much of a concern, believing that their right-handed bats can crush right-handed pitching (and take advantage of Yankee Stadium's dimensions), I continue to expect that Voit will be the Opening Day first baseman, with Bird playing regularly at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Two weeks to go.

When will Luis Severino make his regular season debut?
-- Ethan T., New York

Severino had been scheduled to start on March 5 when he felt the discomfort behind his right shoulder, and the Yankees said that they planned to shut him down for two weeks without any throwing.

That brings him to playing catch on March 19, and it's safe to assume he would need at least three weeks from there -- remember, Severino hadn't faced hitters in an opposing uniform yet. If Severino is back on a big league mound somewhere between April 15 and May 1, the Yankees should be pleased.

What's the plan if Hicks is not in the Opening Day lineup?
-- Scott W., Wilderville, Ore.

The Yankees would figure it out if that were the case (Gardner in center field and Stanton in left, most likely), but so far the Yankees do not seem concerned about the lower back stiffness that has kept Hicks out of action since March 1. If this were the regular season, they would be treating it more aggressively, but there is little sense in rushing him for exhibition games.

Have the Yankees defined a role for DJ LeMahieu?
-- Chris Z., Saylorsburg, Pa.

As it was explained to LeMahieu during his contract negotiations, the working plan is that Tulowitzki would receive two days off a week even in the best-case scenario, which would allow LeMahieu to play second base while Torres shifts to shortstop.

LeMahieu will also pick up at-bats at third base, potentially when Andujar serves as the DH against a tough lefty, and is envisioned as the backup behind Bird and Voit. Boone guesses that LeMahieu might see one day a week at third base and first base; subject to change, of course, depending on the health of Tulowitzki and others.