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1) A Escobar
2) Cain
3) Hosmer
4) Gordon
5) Morales
6) Perez
7) Rios
8) Moose
9) Infante
 

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1) A Escobar
2) Cain
3) Hosmer
4) Gordon
5) Morales
6) Perez
7) Rios
8) Moose
9) Infante

I think Yost likes the L/R R/L + S too much to pair Hosmer and Gordon next to each other. It went so far as to bump Gordon to the 6th spot despite being our best all around hitter. If Rios bounces back, I'd bet Vmoney he hits in the top 3rd of the order. Rios, when healthy, can steal a lot of bags, and Ned pretty much sold out for speed at the top of the order towards the end.
 

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Biggest question for this lineup is if Escobar can stick at leadoff; not Morales, Rios, Hosmer, Moose, etc. If he can, that makes things pretty interesting, if not, nobody will complain about him hitting 9th with his glove. I don't know though, maybe batting leadoff makes Escobar's walk rate go up. Really interesting lineup combinations in any case though. Has a real boom/bust feel about it.
 

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I forgot about the secret trade for a 1st round draft pick.




Mr Fuentes will be with Dyson on the bench
as well as Colon and a back up catcher.


Vargas
Ventura
Duffy
Walk machine
Guthrie


the bullpen will be even sicker


Frasor
Finnegan
Medlen
Hochevar
Herrera
Davis
Holland
 

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your right about the r/l thing, but it seemed Yost got over that in Sept finally and maybe he realized its not as helpful if the average isn't there.


I could see


1) A Escobar
2) Cain
3) Hosmer/Gordon
4) Morales
5) Gordon/Hosmer
6) Perez
7) Rios
8) Moose
9) Infante


if escobar doesn't lead off well, just swap Cain and him around but I think Escobar has enough confidence in himself now, more than his early years.
 

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Personally, I would rather just send Finnegan to Arkansas. Already have the best bullpen without him. Why bother trying to make it the greatest when we can get a very solid starter out of the guy. We're going to need him starting in 2016 most likely.
 

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I would agree, if we have a lefty in the pen.
 

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Then yes stretch Finnegan out and see how soon Medlen comes back, he might be a reliever the second half as well too...


Wow, best bullpen yet maybe
 

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Anybody know why Gordon was sat for the last game? His wrist didn't flare up, did it?
 

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I think they are just being protective of the wrist. Good chance he plays every day once they deem the wrist to be 100%.
Good deal. They had me a little paranoid as I hadn't heard anything clarifying the decision.
 

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Edinson Volquez needs to stop overthrowing the ball. He is at his best when a just pitching to his spots.
 

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Edinson Volquez needs to stop overthrowing the ball. He is at his best when a just pitching to his spots.
Well, looking at his career BB/9, that's just who he is. He sure is a nightmare to deal with on a day he does happen to be throwing quality strikes on a consistent basis.
 
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