ST GDT March 15th. Pirates vs Jays 1pm

[JaysAllMighty]

[Grant77]

It's nice to see Vlad Jr. back in the lineup.

[Stangstag]

It's nice to see Vlad Jr. back in the lineup.

 

Nice. No more injuries plz big boy

[John_Havok]

Just pop in Springer for Merrifield and that's your top 6 against RHP in the regular season too.

[THANOS]

Ugly bottom half so far .

[Brownie19]

Just pop in Springer for Merrifield and that's your top 6 against RHP in the regular season too.

 

Chapman 7th?

[John_Havok]

Chapman 7th?

 

Yeha probably. Maybe he goes 6th and Varsho 7th.

 

It's kinda weird that with all the lefties they brought in, only 1 will be hitting in the top 5 or 6 in the lineup and the flexibility is really just for the bottom.

 

Im sure Schneider will move guys around depending on their hot streaks and other guys days off that they will get some PAs towards the top but overall, the only lefty I'd want in the top 4 or 5 consistently would be Belt.

[John_Havok]

Lukes and Lopez both making it a hard decision who gets the last bench spot. ya love to see it.

[JaysAllMighty]

Nice double by Kirk

[THANOS]

Varahp

[John_Havok]

Perdomo's pickoff moves looks very much like a textbook balk.

[John_Havok]

Pretty sure Perdomo never threw a 95 mph 4 seamer when he was with the Jays farm system.

 

**edit** I was wrong, he was up to 97 back then. Damn.

[G-Snarls]

Gausman was killer it looks like

[Stangstag]

Yeha probably. Maybe he goes 6th and Varsho 7th.

 

It's kinda weird that with all the lefties they brought in, only 1 will be hitting in the top 5 or 6 in the lineup and the flexibility is really just for the bottom.

 

Im sure Schneider will move guys around depending on their hot streaks and other guys days off that they will get some PAs towards the top but overall, the only lefty I'd want in the top 4 or 5 consistently would be Belt.

 

Yeah our strongest 3-4 hitters on the team are all still righties, Bo-Vlad-Springer-Kirk.

 

Possibly could see a scenario where Belt hits 3rd or something if he looks good, pushing Varsho to 6th?

 

Something like:

Springer

Vlad

Belt

Bo

Kirk

Varsho

Chapman

Merrifield

KK

[THANOS]

Yeah our strongest 3-4 hitters on the team are all still righties, Bo-Vlad-Springer-Kirk.

 

Possibly could see a scenario where Belt hits 3rd or something if he looks good, pushing Varsho to 6th?

 

Something like:

Springer

Vlad

Belt

Bo

Kirk

Varsho

Chapman

Merrifield

KK

 

To start the season I think I like below:

 

Vs RH

 

1. RF Springer

2. SS Bichette

3. 1B Guerrero Jr

4. DH Belt

5. C Kirk/Jansen

6. LF Varsho

7. 3B Chapman

8. CF Kiermaier

9. 2B Biggio

 

Vs LH

 

1. RF Springer

2. SS Bichette

3. 1B Guerrero Jr

4. DH Kirk/Jansen

5. C Kirk/Jansen

6. 3B Chapman

7. CF Varsho

8. LF Merryfield/Lopez

9. 2B Espinal

[Grant77]

To start the season I think I like below:

 

Vs RH

 

1. RF Springer

2. SS Bichette

3. 1B Guerrero Jr

4. DH Belt

5. C Kirk/Jansen

6. LF Varsho

7. 3B Chapman

8. CF Kiermaier

9. 2B Biggio

 

Vs LH

 

1. RF Springer

2. SS Bichette

3. 1B Guerrero Jr

4. DH Kirk/Jansen

5. C Kirk/Jansen

6. 3B Chapman

7. CF Varsho

8. LF Merryfield/Lopez

9. 2B Espinal

 

I sure hope so.

[The_DH]

To start the season I think I like below:

 

Vs RH

 

1. RF Springer

2. SS Bichette

3. 1B Guerrero Jr

4. DH Belt

5. C Kirk/Jansen

6. LF Varsho

7. 3B Chapman

8. CF Kiermaier

9. 2B Biggio

 

Vs LH

 

1. RF Springer

2. SS Bichette

3. 1B Guerrero Jr

4. DH Kirk/Jansen

5. C Kirk/Jansen

6. 3B Chapman

7. CF Varsho

8. LF Merryfield/Lopez

9. 2B Espinal

 

I agree for the most part and am a Biggio fan. I think he could bring a really good on base percent and score tons in front of Springer and Bichette. I would like to see him get 350-500 at bats. But I'm thinking Whitfield gets more starts and bats 8th or so.

[Jimcanuck]

I agree for the most part and am a Biggio fan. I think he could bring a really good on base percent and score tons in front of Springer and Bichette. I would like to see him get 350-500 at bats. But I'm thinking Whitfield gets more starts and bats 8th or so.

 

I agree with you about Merry Whitfield.