Lineup

[weams]

This is Roch Kubatko's for tomorrow

Seth Smith RF
Adam Jones CF
Manny Machado 3B
Chris Davis 1B
Mark Trumbo DH
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Hyun Soo Kim LF
Welington Castillo C
J.J. Hardy SS

Yours?

[weams]

BTW, that's a heck of a good lineup against a right-hander.

[Can_of_corn]

Kim

Smith

Jones

Machado

Davis

Trumbo

Castillo

Schoop

Hardy

Or use a hat.

 

 

[Mayor McCheese]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

This is Roch Kubatko's for tomorrow

Seth Smith RF
Adam Jones CF
Manny Machado 3B
Chris Davis 1B
Mark Trumbo DH
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Hyun Soo Kim LF
Welington Castillo C
J.J. Hardy SS

Yours?

[backwardsk]

Castillo 2

Davis 3

Hardy 6

Jones 8

Kim 7

Machado 5

Schoop 4

Smith 9

Trumbo DH

alphabetical is the only way to go.

 

[21xxxv]

1 hour ago, weams said:

This is Roch Kubatko's for tomorrow

Seth Smith RF
Adam Jones CF
Manny Machado 3B
Chris Davis 1B
Mark Trumbo DH
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Hyun Soo Kim LF
Welington Castillo C
J.J. Hardy SS

Yours?

Nice but your best OBP batter shouldn't be batting 7th.

[joeyc]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Kim

Smith

Jones

Machado

Davis

Trumbo

Castillo

Schoop

Hardy

Or use a hat.

 

 

I like this lineup. Kim should be 1 or 2, Davis should not bat 4th, strikeout way too much and he's a rally killer. Machado should bat cleanup.

[Aristotelian]

I like Roch's lineup but I am not crazy about Jones #2. I'd like Kim with Smith up top to get on base for Manny. If they bring in a lefty you have Mancini and Rickard to pinch hit. Bunches up the RH hitters in the bottom half, but all of those guys can handle RHPs. 

Smith RF

Kim LF

Machado 3B

Davis 1B

Trumbo DH

Jones CF

Schoop 2B

Castillo C

Hardy SS

 

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I like Roch's lineup but I am not crazy about Jones #2. I'd like Kim with Smith up top to get on base for Manny. If they bring in a lefty you have Mancini and Rickard to pinch hit. Bunches up the RH hitters in the bottom half, but all of those guys can handle RHPs. 

Smith RF

Kim LF

Machado 3B

Davis 1B

Trumbo DH

Jones CF

Schoop 2B

Castillo C

Hardy SS

 

 

 

I went Kim-Smith over Smith-Kim since I figured Kim would be most vulnerable to GIDP.

[MDtransplant757]

11 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I like Roch's lineup but I am not crazy about Jones #2. I'd like Kim with Smith up top to get on base for Manny. If they bring in a lefty you have Mancini and Rickard to pinch hit. Bunches up the RH hitters in the bottom half, but all of those guys can handle RHPs. 

Smith RF

Kim LF

Machado 3B

Davis 1B

Trumbo DH

Jones CF

Schoop 2B

Castillo C

Hardy SS

 

 

 

This is my lineup for Opening day for me, but having Kim bat sixth makes sense 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, MDtransplant757 said:

This is my lineup for Opening day for me, but having Kim bat sixth makes sense 

Can you explain the reasoning to me?  I'm lost as to why a low speed, low power, high OBP piece should be batting between the heart of the order and the bottom of the order.

[Aristotelian]

9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Can you explain the reasoning to me?  I'm lost as to why a low speed, low power, high OBP piece should be batting between the heart of the order and the bottom of the order.

Roch has him there because he is a lefty and splits up the RH batters. Makes matchups more difficult for the other team in the later innings. If you put Jones there, you would have RH batters 5th through 9th. I see the case for both lineups.

Also Kim is not a slugger by any means but he has some pop. 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Roch has him there because he is a lefty and splits up the RH batters. Makes matchups more difficult for the other team in the later innings. If you put Jones there, you would have RH batters 5th through 9th. I see the case for both lineups.

Also Kim is not a slugger by any means but he has some pop. 

While I expect his power numbers to be higher this year we are talking about someone that had six HR in 306 AB.  That is behind everyone in the lineup except Hardy.

[El Gordo]

Kim

Manny

Jones

Davis

Trumbo

Smith

Schoop

Castillo

Hardy

[ChuckS]

3 hours ago, weams said:

This is Roch Kubatko's for tomorrow

Seth Smith RF
Adam Jones CF
Manny Machado 3B
Chris Davis 1B
Mark Trumbo DH
Jonathan Schoop 2B
Hyun Soo Kim LF
Welington Castillo C
J.J. Hardy SS

Yours?

I don't like having Davis, Trumbo, and Schoop back-back-back.  Too many K's in there.  And while Kim and Smith both do a good job getting on base, Smith has more power and Kim had a much higher OBP last year.  They should be switched. I don't like Adam Jones at 2 either.  Not patient enough and too many GIDP. 

Optimal lineup IMO (versus RH):

1. Kim LF 2. Machado 3B 3. Davis 1B 4. Jones CF 5. Trumbo DH 6. Smith RF 7. Schoop 2B 8. Castillo C 9. Hardy SS

Wednesday against Happ I would go: 1. Rickard LF 2. Machado 3B 3. Trumbo DH 4. Jones CF 5. Davis 1B 6. Mancini RF 7. Schoop 2B 8. Castillo C 9. Hardy SS