2023 Ongoing Lineup Thread

[RZNJ]

33 minutes ago, Frobby said:

He oscillates up and down very dramatically.  That’s the real Mateo.

Wouldn’t that just be the slinky going down the steps?

[Sports Guy]

If AS can handle first, that would be huge for us.

[AnythingO's]

3 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Wouldn’t that just be the slinky going down the steps?

Slinkys don't go up lol. At least not without outside help.

[AnythingO's]

On 4/11/2023 at 3:20 PM, interloper said:

I don't hate this lineup. I like Mullins batting 9th against the lefty - it was annoying to me that he had success doing that in Boston but then they abandoned it. So that's good to see. And Hays is hot and saw a bunch of pitches yesterday so why not. And I at least want to see what McCann looks like against a lefty or two. Might as well if they are doing this 3 catcher thing, and McKenna was a non-factor at the plate yesterday anyway. 

Ohtani isn't a lefty.

[Billy F-Face3]

1 minute ago, AnythingO's said:

Slinkys don't go up lol. At least not without outside help.

So you're saying that a Slinky doesn't "dance like a Mina in shallow water!?"

(Reference to something Ben McDonald said yesterday.)

[AnythingO's]

2 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

So you're saying that a Slinky doesn't "dance like a Mina in shallow water!?"  (Reference to something Ben McDonald said yesterday.)

I grew up rural so I understand Ben and even had a Minnow bucket. My mom made sure I didn't end up with the accent though.

[maybenxtyr]

5 minutes ago, AnythingO's said:

I grew up rural so I understand Ben and even had a Minnow bucket. My mom made sure I didn't end up with the accent though.

We used to use gallon milk jugs and white bread to catch them.

[Fiver6565]

14 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

If AS can handle first, that would be huge for us.

I agree but IF Ohearn is going to be up here, I think I'd rather see him at first and Santander in the OF.  I guess it comes down to Vavra v Ohearn.  As it is, its two guys playing in secondary (at best) positions, while w/ Ohearn both he and Santander are playing their main spots.

 

Longer/medium term I do like getting Anthony reps at first though, so bigger picture, I don't have an issue here.

[RZNJ]

Yeah, if Santander can play a passable 1B it makes a Cowser for O’Hearn move more likely.

[LA2]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Frazier, Vavra, Mateo is pretty brutal.

But a vast improvement over Odor, Nevin, Owings/Martin/Chirinos/bad Mateo et al last season

[AnythingO's]

20 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

We used to use gallon milk jugs and white bread to catch them.

I used to just stand in shallow water and when they swan between me and the beach just swing my leg and splash them onto the sand and pickem up. 

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, RZNJ said:

Yeah, if Santander can play a passable 1B it makes a Cowser for O’Hearn move more likely.

Is the need for a backup 1B really what's preventing a Cowser call up? I'm really not seeing what this would enable aside from another option the few times a year we need backup 1B.

[RZNJ]

3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Is the need for a backup 1B really what's preventing a Cowser call up? I'm really not seeing what this would enable aside from another option the few times a year we need backup 1B.

It’s not necessarily preventing it but it’s one of the reasons O’Hearn is here.   

[OriolesMagic83]

Perfect game to start Ortiz over Mateo.  Give the rookie a chance, plus gives you Mateo as a weapon off the bench. 

[Aristotelian]

9 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

It’s not necessarily preventing it but it’s one of the reasons O’Hearn is here.   

Yes, Santander lets us get rid of OHearn but I'm not convinced OHearn has anything to do with Cowser, although that may be the roster move for Cowser when he is promoted