Ongoing Lineup Thread (2015)

[Can_of_corn]

It has been one of those years, for sure.

One is required to ponder on the possible long term implications of such a move.

Obviously the move was not made to keep Flaherty's bat out of the lineup.

BTW I am so over this Davis in RF nonsense.

[Il BuonO]

One is required to ponder on the possible long term implications of such a move.

Obviously the move was not made to keep Flaherty's bat out of the lineup.

BTW I am so over this Davis in RF nonsense.

Are you questioning our fearless leader?

[Can_of_corn]

Are you questioning our fearless leader?

Tony? No.

Buck? Yes.

Looks like Buck has either thrown in the towel or is trying to get guys minds off their batting by making them as uncomfortable as possible with their fielding assignments.

[Rene88]

One is required to ponder on the possible long term implications of such a move.

Obviously the move was not made to keep Flaherty's bat out of the lineup.

BTW I am so over this Davis in RF nonsense.

I disagree with you on Davis a bit, not sure why you care that much but...

I read this lineup and thought to myself..

Buck has cracked. He has completely lost his marbles.

I guess completely imploding and having less than a 10% chance of making the playoffs will do that to a manager....

[mdbdotcom]

One is required to ponder on the possible long term implications of such a move.

Obviously the move was not made to keep Flaherty's bat out of the lineup.

It's about time.

[Il BuonO]

I disagree with you on Davis a bit, not sure why you care that much but...

I read this lineup and thought to myself..

Buck has cracked. He has completely lost his marbles.

I guess completely imploding and having less than a 10% chance of making the playoffs will do that to a manager....

Because you consider Davis a plus defender in RF?

[Can_of_corn]

I disagree with you on Davis a bit, not sure why you care that much but...

I read this lineup and thought to myself..

Buck has cracked. He has completely lost his marbles.

I guess completely imploding and having less than a 10% chance of making the playoffs will do that to a manager....

I was being serious about moving guys to get their minds off their at bats.

That might be what Buck is trying to do.

It looks to me like he wants to sacrifice defense for no clear gain on offense.

[Crazysilver03]

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BALTIMORE O RIOLES O(vs. D-RAYS, 8/31)

Manny Machado - SS

Gerardo Parra - LF

Adam Jones - CF

Chris Davis - RF

Matthew Wieters - 1B

Steve Clevenger - DH

Jonathan Schoop - 2B

Caleb Joseph - C

Ryan Edward Flaherty - 3B

Wei-Yin Chen - LHP (8-6, 3.17 ERA)

OPPOSING PITCHER

Christopher Alan Archer - RHP (11-10, 2.88 ERA)

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

Basically looks like change for change sakes.

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[olehippi]

I think Buck is just trying to find a way to shake things up that works.

[TonySoprano]

Basically looks like change for change sakes.

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Manny at SS is "change for changes sake?"

[Crazysilver03]

Manny at SS is "change for changes sake?"

That is what I said. Yes. Same as putting Davis in RF.

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[Can_of_corn]

Manny at SS is "change for changes sake?"

That is what I said. Yes. Same as putting Davis in RF.

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Change for changes sake.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Asked about lineup changes, Buck said, "Sometimes you're in need of a different look, to take away from Groundhog Day." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">August 31, 2015</a></blockquote>

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[bobmc]

Basically looks like change for change sakes.

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I love it when he tinkers - #BuckIsAGenius

[webbrick2010]

Hopefully this is a huge positive step for the organization.

Use the rest of this year to gauge whether Manny can be a ML SS.

Next year he can move to SS when the O's eventually eat Hardy's contract.

Even if Hardy is able to come back and be a replacement level player, if Manny is proven as a capable backup for SS gives the O's much more roster flexibility next year.

Now let's get Schoop 20 games at 3B while we are experimenting

[Can_of_corn]

I love it when he tinkers - #BuckIsAGenius

I don't like it when he shows up with a three catcher lineup because they have good numbers against the opposing pitcher.