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JTrea81 Hangout Grand Counsel

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All I can say is "Go Nats!"

A .788 OPS while an improvement at 1B is not going to strike fear in any pitcher nor make other players in our lineup see better pitches.

Luke Scott and either Vlad or Thome at DH would be a better combination of offense than Luke Scott and LaRoche.

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Yeah at most I want Lee on a two year deal. Anyhow supposing we get Lee or LaRoche, I imagine this is our default lineup.

Roberts: 2B

Markakis: RF

Lee/LaRoche: 1B

Scott: DH

Reynolds: 3B

Jones: CF

Wieters: C

Hardy: SS

Pie: LF

Wow how much better does this lineup look than last year?

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Orioles Magic Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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All I can say is "Go Nats!"

A .788 OPS while an improvement at 1B is not going to strike fear in any pitcher nor make other players in our lineup see better pitches.

Luke Scott and either Vlad or Thome at DH would be a better combination of offense than Luke Scott and LaRoche.

I think I agree with this. I fear LaRoche may be a little too "punch and judy" for my tastes as far as first base is concerned.

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Hank Scorpio Hangout Grand Counsel

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All I can say is "Go Nats!"

A .788 OPS while an improvement at 1B is not going to strike fear in any pitcher nor make other players in our lineup see better pitches.

Luke Scott and either Vlad or Thome at DH would be a better combination of offense than Luke Scott and LaRoche.

Will you stop with the "strike fear" hyperbole?

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I wouldn't mind Luke at 1B and a DH but you have to look at it from the other perspective. The O's FO and Showalter may not feel Luke is an adequate option at 1B. Someone pointed out on another thread that defensively 1B is much more than just stretching out your foot on the bag to catch the ball. And I don't think it's fair to call LaRoche a 788 OPS hitter when that was his worst OPS since 2005. He probably won't give us a 900 OPS this year but I think he can give anywhere between 800-840ish which if he gives us the D to help with it would be fine.

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Yeah at most I want Lee on a two year deal. Anyhow supposing we get Lee or LaRoche, I imagine this is our default lineup.

Roberts: 2B

Markakis: RF

Fielder/LaRoche: 1B

Scott: DH

Reynolds: 3B

Jones: CF

Wieters: C

Hardy: SS

Pie: LF

fixed.

That lineup is crazy. :thumbsup1:

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Palmoripken Hangout Grand Counsel

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fixed.

That lineup is crazy. :thumbsup1:

What I like about the future lineup is there are going to be no easy outs. Plus it's a good balance of righties/lefties/switch hitters. The thing I've liked that the FO has done in aquiring Reynolds/Hardy is not just their upsides as overall players but these dudes hit lefty pitching well. We have a lot of tough lefties in the AL East: Sabathia, Lester, Romero, Price, and Lee(if god forbid the Yankees sign him).

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There isn't much supply left, so not sure why MacPhail is acting like this market is still flowing with opportunity. He must not be too put off by putting Scott / Reimold at 1B and signing another guy to DH.

Perhaps. But in the case of Scott, that begs the question why didn't that take place two years ago?

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