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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1242138" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Yup. Probably Schwarber #2 against the right handers and Bryant #2 against the left-handers. </p><p></p><p>Rizzo 3, the other of Schwarber or Bryant 4, Russell 5, Contreras 6, Heyward 7, Baez 8, pitcher. Montero will start for Arrieta's games and get an additional 2 or 3 starts a month when facing elite right handers with pronounced platoon splits (like Max Scherzer) - hitting 8 and bumping everyone up a spot. Soler will get some starts in left over Schwarber in the opposite situation - elite left-hander with pronounced platoon splits - Bumgarner, for example. LaStella and Szczur are your left and right handed pinch hitters, respectively, just like this year. Almora will be Schwarber's defensive replacement in late innings with the lead. (He'll probably go to center, Heyward to right, and Zobrist to left.) </p><p></p><p>(They'll also do the Baez to third, Bryant to right, Zobrist to 2B thing when Lester is pitching, but that won't effect the lineup.) </p><p></p><p>All subject to change with trades and free agent signings. Maybe not quite as deep, not quite as good defensively in the outfield (although with Heyward and Almora in the field at the same time, the third guy could be a stone statue and it wouldn't matter), but with more power and still a historically excellent infield defense. </p><p></p><p>By the way, you heard it here first, Heyward will not OPS .631 again. He'll play a gold glove center field, give you something a lot closer to his career .760 OPS, and be a 4 or 5 WAR player.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1242138, member: 26283"] Yup. Probably Schwarber #2 against the right handers and Bryant #2 against the left-handers. Rizzo 3, the other of Schwarber or Bryant 4, Russell 5, Contreras 6, Heyward 7, Baez 8, pitcher. Montero will start for Arrieta's games and get an additional 2 or 3 starts a month when facing elite right handers with pronounced platoon splits (like Max Scherzer) - hitting 8 and bumping everyone up a spot. Soler will get some starts in left over Schwarber in the opposite situation - elite left-hander with pronounced platoon splits - Bumgarner, for example. LaStella and Szczur are your left and right handed pinch hitters, respectively, just like this year. Almora will be Schwarber's defensive replacement in late innings with the lead. (He'll probably go to center, Heyward to right, and Zobrist to left.) (They'll also do the Baez to third, Bryant to right, Zobrist to 2B thing when Lester is pitching, but that won't effect the lineup.) All subject to change with trades and free agent signings. Maybe not quite as deep, not quite as good defensively in the outfield (although with Heyward and Almora in the field at the same time, the third guy could be a stone statue and it wouldn't matter), but with more power and still a historically excellent infield defense. By the way, you heard it here first, Heyward will not OPS .631 again. He'll play a gold glove center field, give you something a lot closer to his career .760 OPS, and be a 4 or 5 WAR player. [/QUOTE]
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