5 minutes ago, Moncada said:

Timmy 

Moncada

Abreu

Grandal

Robert

Mercedes

Eaton

Vaughn

Madrigal 

Likely the best lineup they can run out there w/o Eloy, which of course means we will probably never see it.

Agreed.  Put Moncada back at 2

I'd bat Mercedes 4th, as regardless of platoon issues, he's clearly our best power guy right now, even against righties. Moncada should be back at 2 I agree. Grandal 5. Robert 6. Eaton 7. Vaughn 8 and Madrigal 9.

Lineup should be:

Anderson SS

Eaton RF

Yermin DH

Abreu 1B

Grandal C

Moncada 3B

Robert CF

Vaughn LF

Mendick 2B

18 minutes ago, Moncada said:

Danny Mendick is a better baseball player than Nick Madrigal is.  Once you're in the Majors, draft position doesn't matter anymore.

53 minutes ago, manbearpuig said:

For the heck of it, with Anderson back tomorrow, what is the lineup you would use going forward? 

Anderson / Moncada / Abreu / Mercedes / Grandal / Eaton / Robert / Vaughn / Madrigal

6 minutes ago, YourWhatHurts said:

Danny Mendick is a better baseball player than Nick Madrigal is.  Once you're in the Majors, draft position doesn't matter anymore.

That’s why he’s never made a major league roster as a starter? He’s really not. Madrigal played less 60  games and sure as hell has a higher ceiling than mendick. Real meatball takes on madrigal this season. 

1 hour ago, Kalapse said:

 

12 games played. 12 separate lineups.

hey look, another day off for grandal

4 minutes ago, joesaiditstrue said:

hey look, another day off for grandal

WTF is Tony doing? They're not paying Grandal $73M to ride pine. 

25 minutes ago, YourWhatHurts said:

Danny Mendick is a better baseball player than Nick Madrigal is.  Once you're in the Majors, draft position doesn't matter anymore.

Let me know when mendick hits .340 for a season.   

1 minute ago, Moncada said:

Let me know when mendick hits .340 for a season.   

Let me know the next time 34 games is a full season.

1 minute ago, Moncada said:

Let me know when mendick hits .340 for a season.   

Lots of players hit .340 for 34 games. Stop acting like it's some kind of accomplishment. It was a hot streak, nothing more. 

Edited April 14, 20214 yr by Jack Parkman

1 minute ago, Moncada said:

Let me know when mendick hits .340 for a season.   

107 PA is a season now? 

16 minutes ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

That’s why he’s never made a major league roster as a starter? He’s really not. Madrigal played less 60  games and sure as hell has a higher ceiling than mendick. Real meatball takes on madrigal this season. 

The reason Madrigal is just handed the starting 2B instead of having to "battle" Danny Mendick for it in ST, is the same reason Yermin sat in AAA while the Sox ran AJ Reed out there, and also the same reason the Sox ran Nomore Mazzara out there over Adam Engel: draft position-based "pedigree."

IMO, Danny Mendick is a more versatile defender with a better arm who is overall a smarter player, with substantially more power than Madrigal.  Madrigal has contact on him, that's really it.  If you just looked at both of these players for the first time knowing nothing about either of them beforehand, you would be shocked to learn both of these two things: 1) one of these players was drafted 652nd overall; and 2) one of these players was drafted 4th overall.

3 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

Let me know the next time 34 games is a full season.

Let me know when actual baseball people think mendick is better... I’ll wait find one other than you dudes. Oh wait that’s why he will never make an opening day roster.

1 minute ago, YourWhatHurts said:

The reason Madrigal is just handed the starting 2B instead of having to "battle" Danny Mendick for it in ST, is the same reason Yermin sat in AAA while the Sox ran AJ Reed out there, and also the same reason the Sox ran Nomore Mazzara out there over Adam Engel: draft position-based "pedigree."

IMO, Danny Mendick is a more versatile defender with a better arm who is overall a smarter player, with substantially more power than Madrigal.  Madrigal has contact on him, that's really it.  If you just looked at both of these players for the first time knowing nothing about either of them beforehand, you would be shocked to learn both of these two things: 1) one of these players was drafted 652nd overall; and 2) one of these players was drafted 4th overall.

I’m glad that you know more than people who actually work in baseball.

4 minutes ago, Moncada said:

Let me know when mendick hits .340 for a season.   

Lemme know when Madrigal becomes a guy who fucks.

1 minute ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

I’m glad that you know more than people who actually work in baseball.

LOL sometimes I feel like I do, and that's very sad.  But that's what happens sometimes when your owner is jr.

1 minute ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

I’m glad that you know more than people who actually work in baseball.

Baseball people make mistakes constantly. And not all "baseball people" love Madrigal, he has plenty of detractors in the scouting community. Not everyone is enamored with a player who's only real plus tool is single hitting.

6 minutes ago, Kalapse said:

Baseball people make mistakes constantly. And not all "baseball people" love Madrigal, he has plenty of detractors in the scouting community. Not everyone is enamored with a player who's only real plus tool is single hitting.

Not everyone is negative all the time about everything, every player and the world.

I have to admit, Mendick will probably never get 3000 hits

Brave Prediction: Nick Madrigal PLUS Danny Mendick won't get 3,000 Hits.

20 minutes ago, Greydawgfan1 said:

Not everyone is negative all the time about everything, every player and the world.

The Sox have earned the skepticism from their fanbase. 

Trust in the front office and scouting is earned. They have not earned our trust. 

Blind optimism is just as annoying, if not more so, as eternal pessimism. 

Edited April 14, 20214 yr by Jack Parkman

3 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

The Sox have earned the skepticism from their fanbase. 

Trust in the front office and scouting is earned. They have not earned our trust. 

Blind optimism is just as annoying, if not more so, than eternal pessimism. 

100% truth.