Im having a hard time figuring who bats 3rd

 

so far I've got for our opening day lineup..

 

1. Juan Pierre

2. Luis Castillo

3- ?????? - Cabrera, Vlad...???

4. Mike Lowell

5. Jeff Conine

6. Ramon Castro

7. Hee Seop Choi

8. Alex Gonzalez

9. Josh Beckett

 

Can anyone help me out? I feel I'm missing something rather obvious.. :unsure :

 

any suggestions?

 

I've thought of switching around A-Gon and Choi- but I'm not sure of it just yet.

Miguel Cabrera!!!!!!!

heh, LOL

 

You just opened another 'get me vlad' thread

 

:lol

ummmmm.....cabrera, you know, that amazing kid

Vladimer Guerrero

I feel I'm missing something rather obvious.. :unsure :

:o Alright...I got it....

who is that cabrera kid?

Here is the lineup for me

 

1) Pierre

2) Castillo

3) Cabrera

4) Lowell

5) Conine

6) Castro/Redmond

7) Choi

8) Gonzalez

9) Pitcher

 

DH: Castro and he would bat in the 6 slot and Redmond bats seventh with everyone below sliding down.

Opening Day, 2004

 

Juan Pierre

Luis Castillo

Miguel Cabrera

Mike Lowell

Jeff Conine

Ramon Castro

Hee Seop Choi

Alex Gonzalez

Of the lineup we have right now, I'd hit Cabrera third as well.

If Choi proves he can hit, maybe move him up in the order to break up all the right handed bats.

I like having an always-on-base-lefty-with-some-power in the bottom, gives you a change from the 4-5-6 hitters.

I don't know where Conine should it. He runs the count and gets on base a lot so higher in the order makes sense. But he's a great bad ball hitter and might do better behind our sluggers. And he's a feared enough hitter to give the batter in front of him fastballs, so maybe behind Cabrera or Choi.

 

 

Maybe something like this:

 

Pierre

Castillo

Conine/Choi - give Choi every chance to succeed. Our three lefties all clumped together may be a problem, but Pierre and Castillo hit lefties better.

Miggy/Lowell - even with Lowell behind him he's not going to see many fastballs. That's fine. He can't pitches in the dirt and at his eyes into the seats. I'm sure he has speed, but I'm worried about his baserunning. That's why he's in cleanup.

Lowell/Miggy

Conine/Choi

Benito - Bye bye Redmond and your $1.2M contract!

Gonzalez

and gets on base a lot

.338 OBP is hardly "getting on base alot."

And Now to announce your 2004 Defending World Series Champion Florida Marlins!

 

#9 CF- Juan "Juanpy" Pierre

#1 2B- Luis "Luiy" Castillo

#27 RF- Vladimir "Vlad the Impaler" Guerrero

#20 LF- Miguel "Superman" Cabrera

#19 3B- Mike "The Hulk" Lowell

#18 1B- Jeff "Mr. Marlin" Conine (against lefties only, if not the Choisen One in same slot)

#17 C Ramon "Yet Un-nicknamed" Castro

#11 SS Alex "Seabass" Gonzalez

And you pitcher, #21, The Defending World Series MVP, The Original Phenomenon, Josh Beckett!

and gets on base a lot

.338 OBP is hardly "getting on base alot." 22 walks in 144 Marlin at bats. Averaging out to 85 over a full season.

.386 OBP in his last full season. Also hes's been among the league leaders in pitches per plate appearance throughout his career, including last year. What hurt his OBP last year was a bad batting average.

Pierre

Castillo

Cabs

The Hulk

9er

Choi

Castro

Sea Bass

What hurt his OBP last year was a bad batting average.

:blink:

Cubs Opening Lineup 2004

 

 

1. Grudz

2. Kendall

3. Sosa

4. Alou

5. Lee

6. Patterson

7. Ramirez

8. Gonzalez

 

 

 

thats really good.

Cubs Opening Lineup 2004

 

 

1. Grudz

2. Kendall

3. Sosa

4. Alou

5. Lee

6. Patterson

7. Ramirez

8. Gonzalez

 

 

 

thats really good.

Why would a guy with average/below average speed hit leadoff?

 

:blink:

BTW: Lee should hit clean-up.

cuz they dont have a true lead of hitter. thats why i wish Hendry would have offered Castillo more money! Grudz is the closest they have.

BTW: Lee should hit clean-up.

Dusty should wait till June for that...

Btw... Welcome to the boards Lets Go....

 

 

No I'm not saying it...

What hurt his OBP last year was a bad batting average.

:blink: As many of people that worship OBP and SLG Pct forget is that it's heavily dependent on BA. Conine has a great eye and can easily put up a .380 OBP if he hits safely enough to bat .280-300

Conine has a great eye and can easily put up a .380 OBP if he hits safely enough to bat .280-300

Uhh...

 

Didn't he hit .294 in 2003?

 

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