November 10, 20187 yr Just spitballing possible lineups in 2020 (or sooner) and, assuming reasonable development and no FA signings or major trades: 1 Basabe (or Gonzalez) CF/LF 2 Madrigal (2B) 2nd 3 Eloy (DH) 4 LH hitter batting 4th to buffer Eloy and Robert so thinking Moncada (3B) vs. RHrs (assuming no Harper) 5 Robert (CF) 6 Rutherford/Adolfo platoon RF 7 Collins/Adley platoon C/1B (If Adley taken, I'd settle for Vaughn at 1B 8 Collins/Vaughn/ yet to be named trade acquisition 1B/Dh platoon 9 Anderson SS Guessing can sell some tickets with that lineup, regardless of the rotation, which should also be formidable and be a fun exercise to forecast
November 10, 20187 yr Assuming no FAs, and without factoring in our #3 pick: 1. 3B/2B- Moncada 2. C- Collins (I like putting OBP guys 2nd) 3. DH/LF- Jimenez 4. CF- Robert 5. RF/DH- Adolfo 6. 1B- Abreu 7. 2B- Madrigal 8. SS- Anderson 9. LF/RF- Basabe A lot of RH hitters in a row, Abreu probably won't be there, the 3B will probably be someone currently not in the org, but I could see something like this with guys like Gonzalez and Rutherford just missing the cut. And I put Robert 4th because I think he'll be more of a home run hitter than a speed guy
November 10, 20187 yr Author Agreed on Abreu. Just feels good to contemplate Eloy, Moncada and Robert at heart of order. We have potential 'table setters' in Madrigal, Basabe, Collins, Gonzalez, etc. and who knows if Sheets and/or Walker will come around. Definitely deep in OFrs.
November 11, 20187 yr Lineup 1. Robert, CF (R) 2. Moncada - 3B (S) 3. Jimenez, DH (R) 4. Abreu, 1B (R) 5. Collins, C (L) 6. Adolfo, RF (R) 7. Rutherford, LF (L) 8. Anderson, SS (R) 9. Madrigal, 2B (R) Bench Zavala, C (R) Basabe, OF (S) Sanchez, IF (S) Palka, OF (L)
November 11, 20187 yr 2023 Lineup: (Doesn't BA do this 5 years ahead of time too?), assuming we sign no one C : Zavala, Narvaez 1B: Collins 2B: Madrigal 3B: Moncada SS: Anderson OF: Eloy, Basabe, Robert...Rutherford, Walker DH: Adolfo SP: Kopech, Cease, Giolito, Lopez, Dunning/Hansen Bullpen: Burdi, Fulmer, Hamilton, Fry, Bummer, Johnson, Burr Lineup: Basabe, Madrigal, Robert, Eloy, Adolfo, Collins, Moncada, Zavala, Anderson
November 11, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, ChiSoxJon said: 2023 Lineup: (Doesn't BA do this 5 years ahead of time too?), assuming we sign no one C : Zavala, Narvaez 1B: Collins 2B: Madrigal 3B: Moncada SS: Anderson OF: Eloy, Basabe, Robert...Rutherford, Walker DH: Adolfo SP: Kopech, Cease, Giolito, Lopez, Dunning/Hansen Bullpen: Burdi, Fulmer, Hamilton, Fry, Bummer, Johnson, Burr Lineup: Basabe, Madrigal, Robert, Eloy, Adolfo, Collins, Moncada, Zavala, Anderson So you propose we don’t carry any backup infielders?
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