In what f@#k1ng universe does Peña hit 2nd and Brantley 7th?!?!Pappy Van Winkle said:
I love playing the lineup game. This is how I'd do it:
Altuve
Peña
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Abreu
Brantley
McCormick
Maldonado
Peña thrived in the two hole and deserves to keep that spot.
Many of us do.BCSGrubber said:
Can someone explain why we don't want Tuck hitting 2nd and Brantley hitting 6th followed by Pena?
Mathguy64 said:
It's either him, Josh Hamilton or Profar on the open market.
Or give the job to Hensley. Which by the way I am not opposed to. They just have to be prepared to get someone in June if he bombs.
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I had no problem that Dusty placed Peña hitting in front of Yordan for most of the season to ease his transition to major league pitching but to keep that spot he needs to evolve into a true two hole hitter. Nobody here is questioning his solid rookie season or his phenomenal postseason but he really needs to improve his BB/K ratio to keep hitting in the two hole especially since we have at least two hitters that fit the bill better (Breggy and Uncle Mike)..Pappy Van Winkle said:
Peña thrived in the two hole and deserves to keep that spot.
BCSGrubber said:
Can someone explain why we don't want Tuck hitting 2nd and Brantley hitting 6th followed by Pena?
Farmer1906 said:Mathguy64 said:
It's either him, Josh Hamilton or Profar on the open market.
Or give the job to Hensley. Which by the way I am not opposed to. They just have to be prepared to get someone in June if he bombs.
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Ummm… what? Is this a former Ranger joke I'm. It getting.
Drury would probably be too expensive, but he would be a great bat off the bench.
wtf is wrong with youJet Black said:
Nearly a lock Brantley gets hurt at some point text season.
Why would you get upset at this when more than half this thread was happy to let Correa walk "because he's gonna get hurt all the time?"gigemJTH12 said:wtf is wrong with youJet Black said:
Nearly a lock Brantley gets hurt at some point text season.
You're missing the point.Ag_07 said:
Because we're not paying Brantley $35mm per year for 10+ years.
Not even close to the same situation.
I believe the comment was made more of a "don't jinx it" type of reply...redline248 said:You're missing the point.Ag_07 said:
Because we're not paying Brantley $35mm per year for 10+ years.
Not even close to the same situation.
"Correa will just get hurt...haha, money wasted" Ok on the Astros thread
"Brantley will just get hurt." How dare you, you jerk!
Brantley had injury issues his last couple of seasons with Cleveland but other than last season he has has had only a couple of short stints on the IR the rest of tenure with the Astros, so why are you so sure he is certain to miss significant time again this coming season?Jet Black said:
Nearly a lock Brantley gets hurt at some point text season.
And I will keep my mouth shut about it as I hope other posters will as well. You can't argue with the results from last year. In Dusty I trust!scrimp said:
I love that we can argue which of the following guys should bat 7th--the 2022 WS MVP, a 2022 AS with 30HRs, the 2020 MVP, or a 10 year+ vet with a .298 career BA.
Good problems to have.....
Of course, as mentioned before, the "perfect" lineup will only be on opening day, and then the rotating rest schedule for one of the starters will kick in.
Of course the JV clone, Hunter Brown,MAROON said:
the big question is for which pitcher will Dubon be slated as their personal CF for the regular season?
Why would we ever want to risk a runner going from first to third on a ball hit to CF? Seems grossly incompetent or negligent to not play Dubon in CF everyday, regardless of pitcher.MAROON said:
the big question is for which pitcher will Dubon be slated as their personal CF for the regular season?
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