Guess the lineup!

[marshall]

For May 9

1. Springer CF
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Reddick RF
6. Bregman 3B
7. Gonzales DH
8. Fisher LF
9. Stassi C

Remember the game starts early today. ~2:30 CDT

[astrosdoug]

That lineup looks solid to me. Fisher has come on strong the past couple of weeks, though his K rate is still too high and he has been riding some unsustainable BABIP luck.

Reddick and Correa and Altuve and Gurriel have had a lot of very well-hit balls caught on excellent defensive plays but opposing teams won't consistently be able to do that, so we should see better numbers from them soon.

Gattis and Marisnick are the only two players I would drop at this point, with Gattis being the priority as Tyler White is far superior to Gattis at this point, while Kemp is superior to Marisnick by a lesser but still significant amount.

[Saint]

I think we see a regular out of the top-3 or Bregman get a day off today.

[Saint]

May 9, 2018 8:41:24 GMT -6 Saint said:

I think we see a regular out of the top-3 or Bregman get a day off today.

I was right.  No Correa.

[thomasj13]

May 9, 2018 6:26:10 GMT -6 marshall said:

For May 9

1. Springer CF
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Reddick RF
6. Bregman 3B
7. Gonzales DH
8. Fisher LF
9. Stassi C

Remember the game starts early today. ~2:30 CDT

That lineup is good, it doesn't reek of Gattis and Marisnick...

[thomasj13]

May 9, 2018 11:58:45 GMT -6 Saint said:

May 9, 2018 8:41:24 GMT -6 Saint said:

I think we see a regular out of the top-3 or Bregman get a day off today.

I was right.  No Correa.

But he is on my fantasy baseball team.

[Saint]

May 9, 2018 12:01:56 GMT -6 thomasj13 said:

May 9, 2018 11:58:45 GMT -6 Saint said:

I was right.  No Correa.

But he is on my fantasy baseball team.

Mine too. High five!

[blcoach8]

May 9, 2018 6:26:10 GMT -6 marshall said:

For May 9

1. Springer CF
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Reddick RF
6. Bregman 3B
7. Gonzales DH
8. Fisher LF
9. Stassi C

Remember the game starts early today. ~2:30 CDT

I like this one but Hinch is giving Correa the day off which seems to be his practice.

[marshall]

For May 11

1. Springer CF
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Reddick RF
6. Bregman 3B
7. Gonzales DH
8. Fisher LF
9. Stassi C

Maybe I get my preferred lineup this time? We are facing a lefty.

[marshall]

For May 13

1. Springer CF Returns to lineup
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Reddick RF
6. Bregman 3B
7. Gonzales DH
8. Fisher LF
9. Stassi C

Gattis is heating up. Time to rest him...

[thomasj13]

May 13, 2018 3:57:37 GMT -6 marshall said:

For May 13

1. Springer CF Returns to lineup
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Reddick RF
6. Bregman 3B
7. Gonzales DH
8. Fisher LF
9. Stassi C

Gattis is heating up. Time to rest him...

For May 13

1. Springer CF Returns to lineup
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Gonzales DH
6. Bregman 3B
7. Stassi C
8. Reddick RF
9. Fisher LF


Gonzales is overdue against a LHP, plus need a Switch hitter up in the lineup, for latter innings, since all are RHs, ....put Reddick down in the order, his May is not so good + going against a LHP.

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Learn to quote, thomasj13

[thomasj13]

May 13, 2018 17:19:42 GMT -6 ɮօʀȶǟʐ said:

Learn to quote, thomasj13

1492ers don't misquote!

[Deleted]

May 13, 2018 17:19:42 GMT -6 ɮօʀȶǟʐ said:

Learn to quote, thomasj13

Quote?  How better than Bill to "soliloquize" it

"To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life."
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. -- Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia! -- Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.

[marshall]

For May 13

1. Springer CF Returns to lineup
2. Altuve 2B
3. Correa SS
4. Gurriel iB
5. Reddick RF
6. Bregman 3B
7. Gonzales DH
8. McCann C
9. Fisher LF

ps Dilly Dilly for second star

[marshall]

For May 21 vs lefty

1. Springer CF
2. Bregman SS
3. Altuve 2B
4. Reddick RF
5. Gonzales 3B
6. McCann DH
7. Stassi C
8. Davis 1B
9. Kemp LF

I think there's something wrong with Correa's wrist and that's why the bat's staying on his shoulder or he's swinging through breaking balls. He is guessing because he can't react to the pitch by checking his swing right now.

[astrosdoug]

May 21, 2018 5:02:55 GMT -6 marshall said:

For May 21 vs lefty

1. Springer CF
2. Bregman SS
3. Altuve 2B
4. Reddick RF
5. Gonzales 3B
6. McCann DH
7. Stassi C
8. Davis 1B
9. Kemp LF

I think there's something wrong with Correa's wrist and that's why the bat's staying on his shoulder or he's swinging through breaking balls. He is guessing because he can't react to the pitch by checking his swing right now.

This has the ring of truth to it. If Correa is injured, he should know from experience that he shouldn't tough it out and play through it. He will just make it worse, and in the meantime he won't play effectively. I'd rather have him sit out 10 games and in the meantime let a Fresno callup play more infield. Sending Correa to the DL opens a roster spot for White, who can play an infield spot or DH, especially against lefties. 

Correa has only a .150 BA over the past week (24 ABs). Of course it's a very small sample size, but even if he manages to "improve" to .200 during this time that he is bothered by injury, it still would be worse than what his replacement would hit. The following guys can easily cover the infield in Correa's absence:

Bregman - 3B/SS
Altuve - 2B
Yuli - 1B / 3B / DH
Kemp - 2B / DH
White - 1B/3B/2B/DH
Marwin - 1B/2B/SS/3B/DH

This 10-day period would allow Hinch to better gauge how MLB-ready the trio of Kemp/Davis/White are. The guy struggling the most will be the one to go down when Correa returns from the DL.

[marshall]

May 21, 2018 5:02:55 GMT -6 marshall said:

For May 21 vs lefty

1. Springer CF
2. Bregman SS
3. Altuve 2B
4. Reddick RF
5. Gonzales 3B
6. McCann DH
7. Stassi C
8. Davis 1B
9. Kemp LF

I think there's something wrong with Correa's wrist and that's why the bat's staying on his shoulder or he's swinging through breaking balls. He is guessing because he can't react to the pitch by checking his swing right now.

I should have said May 22.

[marshall]

May 21, 2018 15:11:11 GMT -6 marshall said:

May 21, 2018 5:02:55 GMT -6 marshall said:

For May 21 vs lefty

1. Springer CF
2. Bregman SS
3. Altuve 2B
4. Reddick RF
5. Gonzales 3B
6. McCann DH
7. Stassi C
8. Davis 1B
9. Kemp LF

I think there's something wrong with Correa's wrist and that's why the bat's staying on his shoulder or he's swinging through breaking balls. He is guessing because he can't react to the pitch by checking his swing right now.

I RF George Springer (R) check but CF Reddick
3B Alex Bregman (R) check but at SS
2B Jose Altuve (R) check
SS Carlos Correa (R) Out I speculated he has a hurt wrist Gonzales 3B
1B Y. Gurriel (R) No Davis
LF J.D. Davis (R) Check, but higher and 1B Kemp
DH Evan Gattis (R) No McCann
C Max Stassi (R) Check but lower
CF Tony Kemp (L) Check but LF
hould have said May 22.

[marshall]

For May 29 vs a lefty

1. Springer CF
2. Bregman SS
3. Altuve 2B
4. Stassi C
5. Gurriel 3B
6. Gattis DH
7. Davis 1B
8. Gonzales RF
9. Kemp LF

[marshall]

I have always wanted my lineup to have OPS+ at the third and fourth spots. The highest remaining OBP in the first and second slots, the highest remaining SLG in five and six slots and the highest remaining OBP in the 9th slot (speed being the tie breaker if close). I'd want to hide the poor or struggling hitters in the 7th and 8th slots.

With this in mind, here is my preferred line up YTD:

1. OBP 3 Kemp .388
2. OBP 4 Bregman .380
3. OPS+ 1 Stassi 159
4. OPS+ 2 Altuve 141
5. SLG 5 Springer .482
6. SLG 6 Gattis .438
7. 8 Correa
8. 9 Goxales/Gurriel/Marisnick
9. OBP 7 Davis .370

Of course, Fiedorowicz would also do nicely when he's catching. I'll wait on a week's worth of ABs before penciling him in elsewhere.