09 June 2005
With the Braves injuries and offensive struggles, Bobby Cox has to patch together a lineup for each game. Maybe we could give him some suggestions and save him some time!
Here are my lineups for the present time:
Vs. Left-handers
SS Furcal
2B Giles
CF A. Jones
3B Marte
1B Franco
RF Jordan
C Pena (switch-hitter, starts against left-handers)
LF Langerhans (batting 8th because of being left-handed)
Vs. Right-handers
2B Giles
SS Betemit (In for Furcal b/c of Betemit's hot bat & Furcal's shoulder hurting batting right-handed)
1B LaRoche
CF A. Jones
LF Langerhans
3B Marte
C McCann (left-handed hitter, starts against right-handers)
RF Jordan
Notice that I didn't put Jordan or Johnson batting 3rd in the lineup. Johnson's in a slump (and probably isn't ready for the major leagues, but at least he got a shot and I'm glad he got that opportunity instead of Mondesi who has no upside-Johnson does) and Jordan just can't hit. There appears to be a fallacy about putting someone with speed batting 3rd. If they can't hit, the speed doesn't really matter.
What's your lineup?
