Batting Orders

[Twins GM (Mike)]

Here’s a fun one. Turn your starting lineup into an actual 1-9 batting order:

1. George Springer (R), CF TOR
2. Anthony Santander (S), RF BAL
3. Marcell Ozuna (R), LF ATL
4. Mitch Moreland (L), 1B OAK
5. Travis d’Arnaud (R), C ATL
6. Gregory Polanco (L) DH PIT
7. Jurickson Profar (S), SS SD
8. Gavin Lux (L), 2B LAD
9. Yandy Diaz (R), 3B TB

[Phillies GM (Ron)]

Austin Hays OF/BAL
Alex Verdugo OF/BOS
Manny Machado 3B/SD
Dominic Smith OF/NYM
Paul Goldschmidt 1B/STL
Javy Baez SS/CHC
Chris Taylor 2B/LAD
Francisco Mejia C/TB
Leody Tavares UT/TEX

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1. Jonathan Villar SS S
2. Kyle Seager DH/3B L
3. Matt Olson 1B L
4.Joc Pederson RF/DH L (against RHP, Upton/Davis against LHP)
5. Nick Solak RF/3B R
6. Andrew Benintendi LF L
7. Jacob Stallings C R
8. Luis Arraez 2B L
9. Jacoby Jones CF R

[z - El Guapo - retired]

Leading Off - Bo Bichette

Two-Hole - Juan Soto

Batting 3rd - Protection for Soto - Eloy Jimenez

Clean Up - Luis Robert

5th - Protecting Robert - Gleyber Torres

6th - Luke Voit

7th - Gio Urshela
8th - James McCann

DH - Some speed in turn-around - Dylan Moore

Tough primary roster to structure into a batting order. Biggest problem would be running an all rightie lineup out there every day. heh

We started off with Gleyber Torres in the 2-hole but prefer him batting 5th. We aren't totally comfortable with Jimenez hitting 3rd, but that is what we settled on. Initially considered hitting Jimenez in two-slot, behind Bichette, and batting Soto 3rd. Not sure Soto got enough protection in 2nd slot when we had Voit behind him, so we moved Voit down to 6th.

Could have just as easily flipped 3rd and 4th, batting Luis Robert 3rd and Eloy Jimenez 4th. Pretty nice problem to have. Biggest issue is real-life Juan Soto getting enough protection in Nats line-up.

Like our power; not crazy about our speed, but we have some. If the youngsters progress normally, we will be even better than last year. Hard to say with a thin bench...

[z - Tim]

Trea Turner (R)
Ronald Acuna (R)
Ozzie Albies (S)
JT Realmuto (R)
Vladimir Guerrero (R)
Cody Bellinger (L)
Keston Hiura (R)
Brandon Lowe (L)
Nick Senzel (R)

I probably should flip Albies and Bellinger here, maybe some homer bias there....maybe Realmuto isn’t the obvious choice as cleanup with the other bats I have, but somehow I just kept coming back to that’s the guy I trust to clean the table.

[Orioles GM (Ben)]

Whit Merrifield (R)
Starling Marte (R)
Justin Turner (R)
Aaron Judge (R)
Miguel Sano (R)
Yasmani Grandal (S)
Dahl(L)/Eaton(L) platoon
Candelario(S)/White(R)/Vogelbach(L)/Miller(L) platoon
Adalberto Mondesi (S)

My line-up reflects that I’ll have to hope that depth can compensate for a bit of a lack of star power in my line-up. My outfield platoon makes more sense in fantasy than real life, obviously...

This exercise also confirms that Mets and Braves are looking very strong this year.

[Marlins GM (Anthony)]

Feb 27, 2021 9:25:22 GMT -5 z - Tim said:

Trea Turner (R)
Ronald Acuna (R)
Ozzie Albies (S)
JT Realmuto (R)
Vladimir Guerrero (R)
Cody Bellinger (L)
Keston Hiura (R)
Brandon Lowe (L)
Nick Senzel (R)

I probably should flip Albies and Bellinger here, maybe some homer bias there....maybe Realmuto isn’t the obvious choice as cleanup with the other bats I have, but somehow I just kept coming back to that’s the guy I trust to clean the table.

God Tim's lineup is ridiculous. Ha. Lets see if Vlad can break out this year, if so good luck everyone for the next few years.

[Marlins GM (Anthony)]

T. Edman 2B (S)
D. Carlson OF (S)
X. Bogaerts SS (R)
Y. Alvarez OF (L)
C. Correa 3B (R)
I. Happ OF (S)
A. Riley 1B (R)
Insert Catcher

Wander and Pache coming soon...

[Pirates GM (Ryan)]

1. Anthony Rizzo 1B (Greatest leadoff hitter of all time)
2. David Peralta OF
3. Bryce Harper OF
4. AJ Pollock OF
5. Willson Contreras C
6. Shohei Ohtani DH
7. Yoan Moncada 3B
8. Kolten Wong 2B
9. Amed Rosario SS

Braves and Mets are going to be tough to stop this year...

[Blue Jays GM (Beau)]

1. Robbie Grossman/ Victor Reyes DET OF Platoon
2. Jake Cronenworth 1B until Vaughn shows up
3. KeBryan Hayes 3B
4. Mike Yastrzemski OF
5. Paul DeJong SS
6. Didi Gregorius 2B
7. Stephen Piscotty/Franchy Cordero RH/LH OF Platoon
8. Rotational DH until Vaughn shows up
9. Kurt Suzuki/Ryan Jeffers C Platoon

Blue Jays remain a year away from consistent production, but will likely always rely on heavy platoons and depth.

[RoyalsGM (Mac)]

C-a guy thats sucks ass
CI-Brandon Belt
CI-another guy that sucks ass
MI-Willy Adames
MI-still another guy who sucks ass
OF-Andrew Stevenson
OF-Magneuris Sierra (king of sucking ass)
UT-yet again...you guessed it

[Dodgers GM (Rob)]

Here is my lineup:

1. RF - Mookie Betts
2. 2B - Nick Madrigal
3. 3B - Alex Bregman
4. 1B - Max Muncy
5. CF - Lorenzo Cain
6. SS - Kike Hernandez
7. C - Danny Jansen
8. LF - Anthony Alford
9. DH - Jake Bauers/Tony Kemp

[Brewers GM (Brad)]

1 - 2B Tommy LaStella (L)
2 - OF Jeff McNeill (L)
3 - 3B Anthony Rendon (R)
4 - DH Nelson Cruz (R)
5 - 1B Jared Walsh (L)
6 - OF Tommy Pham (R)
7 - C Tom Murphy (R) / Max Stassi (R)
8 - OF Austin Slater (R) / Shogo Akiyama (L) - Platoon
9 - SS Jose Iglesias (R)

I could see switching up McNeill / Rendon for the sake of alternating L/R. I have Garret Cooper on the bench in case Walsh was a flash in the pan.

[Athletics GM (Wayne)]

1. Elvis Andrus
2. Mauricio Dubon
3. Alec Bohm
4. Mike Moustakas
5. Randal Grichuk
6. Pedro Severino
7. Colin Moran
8. Kevin Pillar
9. Brett Gardner

[AstrosGM (Matt P)]

Astros Lineup
1. CF Byron Buxton
2. RF Trent Grisham
3. 2B Marcus Semien
4. 3B Nate Lowe
5. DH Michael Brantley
6. LF Mark Canha
7. 1B Carlos Santana
8. C Christian Vazquez
9. SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa

Out of my starting lineup, this is what I could configure for a lineup. Maybe with shifting, you could see Kiner-Falefa shifting to third, Semien to short, Lowe to first, Grisham an adventure at 2nd, Santana to DH, and Brantley to the OF, but my priority is to be able to turn a double play, and have a black hole at third, rather than having a black hole at 2nd. I don't have the depth at third and up the middle to configure it any other way. Maybe I could swap Santana and Lowe, because Santana played a little there in 2014 and 2018, but I figure he's gotten too old and too fat to play there anymore.

[z - Gaz]

1. CF Ketel Marte
2. SS Tim Anderson
3. 1B Rhys Hoskins
4. LF Joey Gallo
5. DH Giancarlo Stanton
6. 3B Brian Anderson
7. 2B Michael Chavis
8. C Jorge Alfaro
9. RF Garrett Hampson


Anyone want to trade me an outfielder?

[AstrosGM (Matt P)]

Feb 27, 2021 14:32:21 GMT -5 Marlins GM (Anthony) said:

T. Edman 2B (S)
D. Carlson OF (S)
X. Bogaerts SS (R)
Y. Alvarez OF (L)
C. Correa 3B (R)
I. Happ OF (S)
A. Riley 1B (R)
Insert Catcher

Wander and Pache coming soon...

Good thing that Pache is coming because Alvarez would be a nightmare defensively LOL

[Rays GM (Kyle)]

1. LF Michael Conforto
2. SS Ha Seong Kim
3. 1B Rafael Devers
4. RF Trey Mancini
5. CF Kyle Lewis
6. 3B Eugenio Suarez
7. 2B Ty France
8. DH Jorge Soler
9. C Austin Nola

If I was running an actual team I probably swap out France for Crawford and slide Kim to second to improve my defense, which would add a 3rd lefty to my lineup as well

[Marlins GM (Anthony)]

Mar 1, 2021 13:58:01 GMT -5 AstrosGM (Matt P) said:

Feb 27, 2021 14:32:21 GMT -5 Marlins GM (Anthony) said:

T. Edman 2B (S)
D. Carlson OF (S)
X. Bogaerts SS (R)
Y. Alvarez OF (L)
C. Correa 3B (R)
I. Happ OF (S)
A. Riley 1B (R)
Insert Catcher

Wander and Pache coming soon...

Good thing that Pache is coming because Alvarez would be a nightmare defensively LOL

Lol, oh for sure. By default I guess I projected NL only.

AL I put Margot in his spot and Alvarez to DH which solves defense.

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just bringing this back t fill the time before opening day
i'll do mine later