2024 Ongoing Lineup Thread

[Keygans]

Love the lineup today.  westy leading off,  Gunnar cleanup .  

[gtman55]

I guess Hays isn't ready. Would rather see him in the lineup instead of a bewildered Mullins. 

[The B&G]

Pretty interesting that Cowser starts over Hays today against a lefty.

 

Edit: or Mullins for that matter, as the poster above me said

Edited May 15 by The B&G

[interloper]

What in the world is Hays here for if he's not playing against LHP?

[RZNJ]

3 minutes ago, interloper said:

What in the world is Hays here for if he's not playing against LHP?

Actually, I love the confidence and patience Hyde is showing with Cowser but it is surprising that Hays isn’t in for either Cowser or Mullins.

[rm5678]

4 minutes ago, interloper said:

What in the world is Hays here for if he's not playing against LHP?

I'm wondering the same thing. Hopefully a member of the media will ask Hyde about it before the game.

[Rbiggs2525]

3 minutes ago, rm5678 said:

I'm wondering the same thing. Hopefully a member of the media will ask Hyde about it before the game.

Hays has reverse splits for career. He’s a better defensive replacement.

[sportsfan8703]

Maybe Hays isn't playing because of the wet field conditions and added risk of re-injury.  

Edited May 15 by sportsfan8703

[e16bball]

8 minutes ago, interloper said:

What in the world is Hays here for if he's not playing against LHP?

Bad career numbers against Kikuchi, so I could see them thinking they want to ease him back in against a more favorable matchup. But we’ve got 8 RHPs in a row scheduled to start against us, including the three absolute studs from Seattle — so I’m not sure he’s got a better matchup coming in the near future.

[gtman55]

Is this giving Mullins a ridiculously long leash a Hyde thing? Similar to the love he always showed for McKenna no matter what.

He's not only not hitting, he's not even coming close to hard contact. 

 

[interloper]

1 minute ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Maybe Hays isn't playing because of the wet field conditions and added risk of re-injury.  

This was my main thought as well, but like, if you can't play him on less-than-ideal conditions, he shouldn't be off the IL. 

[Sports Guy]

11 minutes ago, interloper said:

What in the world is Hays here for if he's not playing against LHP?

Because they are obsessed with McCann playing vs lefties..even though he isn’t hitting.

 

[interloper]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

Because they are obsessed with McCann playing vs lefties..even though he isn’t hitting.

 

Yeah it's obnoxious. 

[e16bball]

11 minutes ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Hays has reverse splits for career. He’s a better defensive replacement.

He doesn’t have extreme platoon splits, but they’re still traditional splits. 111 wRC+ against lefties, 101 wRC+ against righties.

[gtman55]

I really like Westburg leading off and Henderson batting cleanup. And I'm calling it now. Cowser breaks out with a 3 run HR today (if they play lol).