What is your lineup the rest of the way?

 

To me its simple, you give Bacon as many at bats as you can. Hit him 2nd!

 

Pods CF

Beckham 3B

Dye RF

Thome DH

Konerko 1B

Pierzynski C

Quentin LF

Ramirez SS

Getz 2B

Alexei was moved down before he got hurt.

I feel better about Beckham in the 2-hole. He has shown that he can bat there well, and has shown great plate discipline. Moving Alexei down adds a threat to the bottom of the order and takes a little pressure off him. Maybe he will thrive a little better there.

Alexei has improved since the beginning of the year, but I think the changes he made in the realm of taking more pitches..... the results of that were evident before the move to #2

 

So some of the things he's been working on have been unrelated to that move, and I think he'd be fine going back down lower in the lineup.

 

 

Beckham has done nothing but kick ass in the 2-hole. I'd move Alexei down to the 8th spot, and bat Getz 9th.

 

What is your lineup the rest of the way?

 

To me its simple, you give Bacon as many at bats as you can. Hit him 2nd!

 

Pods CF

Beckham 3B

Dye RF

Thome DH

Konerko 1B

Pierzynski C

Quentin LF

Ramirez SS

Getz 2B

 

This is a potent lineup. If Q can come around and be more consistent and get some power back...wow. Having the speedy Getz at the bottom does a lot, too. Look at the speed in the 8,9,1, and 2 spots.

Moving Alexei down for more RBI chances is a good move. Beckham makes better contact which is what you need in the #2 spot

Bacon is slaying in the 2 hole, you don't take him outta there.

At this point...long-term I still like Alexei as a 2 hole hitter and Beckham as a 3 hitter, but yeah, Becks belongs in the 2 slot right now.

At this point...long-term I still like Alexei as a 2 hole hitter and Beckham as a 3 hitter, but yeah, Becks belongs in the 2 slot right now.

I want to keep Beckham in the 2 slot indefinitely. They'll mess with his swing and make him pull happy like every other great hitter we've seen on this team in the last 15 years if he becomes the #3 hitter. See Carlos Lee, Maggs, Thomas, Konerko, Dye, Thome...

I'd put Ramirez 6th, Q 7th.

 

This way Alexei gets a lot of fastballs.

I'd probalby keep Beckham second, but it wouldn't bother me either way. Beckham has been hitting in both areas of the lineup and Lexi has been sizzling since his slow start as well.

 

One thing is for sure: This will be another hot topic source of b****ing on here and everywhere if Beckham is moved down. With Wise not getting blasted as much of late, this will be the topic that brings out the anger again if Beckham is moved.

Pods

Becks

Thome

Dye

Kong

Lexi

Q

AJ

Getz

 

 

(3 lefties in a row bad?)

 

Somebody fix this thread title before I vomit.

Pods

Ramirez

Beckham

Dye

Thome

Konerko

Quentin

Pierzynski

Getz

 

 

Alexei is a beast in the 2 spot...but it's hard to argue against Becks right now. In an ideal world, I'd make Beckham as 3 hole hitter sooner than later. It's obviously going to happen eventually, and it certainly seems like he could handle that now.

I want to keep Beckham in the 2 slot indefinitely. They'll mess with his swing and make him pull happy like every other great hitter we've seen on this team in the last 15 years if he becomes the #3 hitter. See Carlos Lee, Maggs, Thomas, Konerko, Dye, Thome...

Thome's not pull happy

Thome's not pull happy

Perhaps you haven't seen the Thome shift.

Perhaps you haven't seen the Thome shift.

When he hits fly balls, they go everywhere. He hits lots of opposite field homers.

I want that clump of OBP guys up high in the lineup.

 

The success that Alexei has had this year, I would argue, is not specifically his having done two-hitter-ish things. Even though he's been great in the 2-hole, i dont know if that spot in the lineup shows any causality for that success

 

 

 

 

He's taking more pitches. Back when he was lower in the lineup this year, he was doing that same thing. The difference in avg to obp has been pretty good for his standards (and by that i mean all year, not just as the 2).

 

 

 

I think we all pictured him getting more fastballs hitting in front of the 3-4-5. Despite that, his average is lower than last year and his OBP is higher. I think it can be sustained down lower in the lineup.

 

 

 

 

And even if some of this is wrong.....I hate to say it, but the thought of getting more Gordon at-bats per game is worth letting Alexei's stats suffer lower in the lineup.

Edited August 3, 200916 yr by Princess Dye

When he hits fly balls, they go everywhere. He hits lots of opposite field homers.

That's because he's having trouble catching up to most fastballs.

That's because he's having trouble catching up to most fastballs.

 

Thome has historically hit a ton of balls to LF. Charlie Manuel actually kept him in the minors a little longer than he wanted to back in the early 90's, because Thome hadn't learned to pull the ball consistently.

I think we all pictured him getting more fastballs hitting in front of the 3-4-5. Despite that, his average is lower than last year

 

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He's hitting .292 in the 2 hole this year.

Pods

Ramirez

Beckham

Dye

Thome

Konerko

Pierzynski

Quentin

Getz

 

also at the end of the season i offer CQ a similar contract as last year.

 

just move beckham down one more to #3

 

che has been great in the two hole .292/.354/.442 - .796