So figured we could start a new general thread for the second half of the season to talk about things that aren't specificall game related but focused on the day to day running of the Sox.
Assuming the team comes back healthy after the break (Eloy, LouBob and Yas all available), what's the lineup going to look like?
TA SS
Yoan 3B
LouBob CF
Abreu 1B
Grandal C
Eloy LF
Vaughn/Sheets DH
Sheets/Pollock RF
Harrison 2B
It's a bit of a pickle where to bat these guys. Dropping Vaughn down that far seem odd, but it's a heck of a problem to have. On days Eloy is DH, Vaughn or Pollock plays LF.
I know.... I know... expecting them all to be healthy seems like a long shot, but for the first time we are talking injuries whose length is measured in days not weeks or months. Barring another setback this will be the players available by sometime early next week latest.
The first 4 seem set in stone unless someone really falls off. 5-8 seem more flexible and of course Grandal can't catch every single game so Seby/McGuire will bat 8th when Grandal is getting a day off or DH.
I can't recall a time I've ever felt better about a 1-9 lineup. More so since Harrison found his stroke the last month. That's 1-8 with 800 OPS potential and most of those guys have .850+ OPS potential.
Assuming the team comes back healthy after the break (Eloy, LouBob and Yas all available), what's the lineup going to look like?
TA SS
Yoan 3B
LouBob CF
Abreu 1B
Grandal C
Eloy LF
Vaughn/Sheets DH
Sheets/Pollock RF
Harrison 2B
It's a bit of a pickle where to bat these guys. Dropping Vaughn down that far seem odd, but it's a heck of a problem to have. On days Eloy is DH, Vaughn or Pollock plays LF.
I know.... I know... expecting them all to be healthy seems like a long shot, but for the first time we are talking injuries whose length is measured in days not weeks or months. Barring another setback this will be the players available by sometime early next week latest.
The first 4 seem set in stone unless someone really falls off. 5-8 seem more flexible and of course Grandal can't catch every single game so Seby/McGuire will bat 8th when Grandal is getting a day off or DH.
I can't recall a time I've ever felt better about a 1-9 lineup. More so since Harrison found his stroke the last month. That's 1-8 with 800 OPS potential and most of those guys have .850+ OPS potential.
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