Lineups of 2006 (and rotations)

[Francoeurstein]

What do you think the 2006 starting lineups are going to be post your thoughts here here's two examples.


1. CF Coco Crisp
2. 2B Mark Loretta
3. DH David Ortiz
4. LF Manny Ramirez
5. C Jason Varitek
6. RF Trot Nixon ( My grandpapa met him the other day )
7. 3B Mike Lowell
8. 1B J.T. Snow
9. SS Alex Cora

Pitchers:
1.Josh Beckett
2. Curt Schilling
3. Matt Clement
4. Tim Wakefield
5. David Wells ( or Bronson Arroyo )
Cp: Keith Foulke



2006 Toronto BlueJays

1. RF Alex Rios
2. LF Frank Cattalanatto
3. CF Vernon Wells
4. DH Troy Glaus
5. 1B Lyle Overbay
6. 3B Shea Hillenbrand
7. C Greg Zaun
8. SS Russ Adams
9. 2B John McDonald

Pitching:
1. Roy Halladay
2. A.J. Burnett
3. Gustavo Chacin
4. Ted Lilly
5. Josh Towers

Closer BJ Ryan

[BoofBonser26]

now it's my turn

Cleveland Indians

1. Grady Sizemore
2. Coco Crisp
3. Victor Martinez
4. Travis Hafner
5. Jhonny Peralta
6. Ronnie Belliard
7. Casey Blake
8. Aaron Boone
9. Ben Broussard/Eduardo Perez

1. C.C. Sabathia
2. Cliff Lee
3. Paul Byrd
4. Jake Westbrook
5. Jason Johnson

[DoubleX]

What do you think the 2006 starting lineups are going to be post your thoughts here here's two examples.


1. CF Coco Crisp
2. 2B Mark Loretta
3. DH David Ortiz
4. LF Manny Ramirez
5. C Jason Varitek
6. RF Trot Nixon ( My grandpapa met him the other day )
7. 3B Mike Lowell
8. 1B J.T. Snow
9. SS Alex Cora

Pitchers:
1.Josh Beckett
2. Curt Schilling
3. Matt Clement
4. Tim Wakefield
5. David Wells ( or Bronson Arroyo )
Cp: Keith Foulke



2006 Toronto BlueJays

1. RF Alex Rios
2. LF Frank Cattalanatto
3. CF Vernon Wells
4. DH Troy Glaus
5. 1B Lyle Overbay
6. 3B Shea Hillenbrand
7. C Greg Zaub
8. SS Russ Adams
9. 2B John McDonald

Pitching:
1. Roy Halladay
2. A.J. Burnett
3. Gustavo Chacin
4. Ted Lilly
5. Josh Towers

Closer BJ Ryan

Maybe we should wait until the Crisp deal is actually made.

However, if we are to assume these are the lineups, I'd have to say it's very close. Boston's lineup still has a nice edge, especially with Manny and Ortiz (and really especially if Lowell bounces back), but Toronto has constructed for itself a nice little foursome with Wells, Glaus, Overbay, and Hillenbrand. So they've made up some ground in that department. However, I'll take Toronto's pitching. You got 5 guys in the rotation that can eat 200 innings, and a better closer than Boston has at this point. Halladay might be the best pitcher in the AL (he would likely have won the Cy Young last year if not for the comebacker injury). Burnett and Beckett cancel each other out, in that they both are young, have great stuff, but there are questions about their ability to stay on the field and attitude. Chacin is extremely underrated and had a very nice rookie year last year. Lilly is another underrated arm who can get into a grove and dominate for some stretches. Towers is also underrated - he pitched 209 innings last year with a 3.71 ERA; that's pretty darn good for 5th starter.

Overall, it's very close. If the Crisp deal falls through for good, then it will all depend on who the Sox trot out there in CF. With Crisp, I have to give them an edge. Without Crisp, I give the Blue Jays the edge.

[Mattingly]

I've added the parenthetical to the thread title, since it's not exclusively about lineups. Here's what I think the Yankees will start with:

Lineup:
1. CF, Johnny Damon
2. SS, Derek Jeter
3. 3B, Alex Rodriguez
4. RF, Gary Sheffield
5. 1B, Jason Giambi (or Matsui)
6. LF, Hideki Matsui (or Giambi)
7. C, Jorge Posada (or Bernie)
8. DH, Bernie Williams (or Jorge)
9. 2B, Robinson Cano

Rotation:
LHP, Randy Johnson
RHP, Mike Mussina
RHP, Carl Pavano
RHP, Shawn Chacon
RHP, Chien-Ming Wang

CL, Mariano Rivera

[Jermz]

Baltimore Orioles

1-Brian Roberts (2B)
2-Jeff Conine (1B)
3-Melvin Mora (3B)
4-Miguel Tejada (SS)
5-Javy Lopez (C)
6-Jay Gibbons (RF)
7-Kevin Millar (LF)
8-Ramon Hernandez (C)
9-Corey Patterson (CF)

SP-Rodrigo Lopez
SP-Erik Bedard
SP-Bruce Chen
SP-Daniel Cabrera
SP-Kris Benson
RP-Eric DuBose
RP-Todd Williams
RP-LaTroy Hawkins
RP-Tim Byrdak
CL-Chris Ray

[mojorisin71]

DODGER LINEUP:

SS Furcal
LF Lofton
CF Drew
2B Kent
1B Garciaparra
RF Cruz
3B Mueller
C Navarro

DODGER ROTATION:

RHP Lowe
RHP Penny
LHP Perez
RHP Tomko
RHP Seo

[Evangelion]

Also, Kevin Youkillis will get the majority playing time at 1B, not J.T. Snow.

[redlegsfan21]

Cincinnati Reds
1 Ryan Freel-2nd
2 Felipe Lopez-SS
3 Ken Griffey Jr.-CF (poss. Kearns)
4 Adam Dunn-1st
5 Austin Kearns-RF (poss. Griffey)
6 Wily Mo Pena-LF
7 Jason LaRue-C
8 Edwin Encarnacion-3B
9 Pitcher-P

6-8 Could Change
SP
1-Aaron Harang
2-Dave Williams
3-Eric Milton
4-Brandon Claussen
5-Paul Wilson
Closer
Mercker and Weathers

[Francoeurstein]

Atlanta Braves

1. 2B Marcus Giles
2. SS Edgar Renteria
3. 3B Chipper Jones
4. CF Andruw Jones
5. RF Jefferey Francouer
6. 1B Adam Laroche
7. LF Ryan Langerhans
8. C Bryan Mccan ( and Todd Pratt )

1. John Smoltz
2. Tim Hudson
3. Jorge Sosa
4. Horacio Ramirez
5. John Thompson
Cp Lance Cormier

[Chisox73]

Chicago White Sox projected lineup;Could change drastically.

1. Scott Podsednik,LF
2. Tadahito Iguchi,2B
3. Jim Thome,1B/DH
4. Paul Konerko,1B/DH
5. Jermaine Dye,RF
6. AJ Pierzynski,C
7. Joe Crede,3B
8. Brian Anderson,CF
9. Juan Uribe,SS

Rotation
1. Mark Buehrle
2. Jon Garland
3. Freddy Garcia
4. Jose Contreras
5. Javier Vazquez
Brandon McCarthy will be waiting in the wings,right now he's our 6th guy.
CL- Bobby Jenks

[Astro]

Lineup:
1- Willy Taveras, LF
2- Craig Biggio, 2b
3- Lance Berkman, 1b
4- Morgan Ensberg, 3b
5- Preston Wilson, CF
6- Jason Lane, RF
7- Adam Everett, SS
8- Brad Ausmus, C

Rotation:
1- Roy Oswalt
2- Andy Pettitte
3- Brandon Backe
4- Taylor Buchholz
5- Carlos Hernandez/Ezequiel Astacio

Long Relievers:
1- Carlos Hernandez/Ezequiel Astacio
2- Wandy Rodriguez

Lefty Specialists:
1- Mike Gallo
2- Trever Miller

Righty Specialists:
1- Chad Qualls
2- Dan Wheeler

Setup:
1- Chad Qualls
2- Dan Wheeler

Closer:
1- Brad Lidge

[Francoeurstein]

This team has really improved, with all of that room in the payroll why not increase the team largely.

2006 Mets

1. SS Jose Reyes
2. 3B David Wright
3. 1B Carlos Delgado
4. CF Carlos Beltran ( Hopefully will produce normally. )
5. LF Cliff Floyd
6. RF Xavier Nady
7. C Paul Lo Duca
8. 2B Kaz Matsui

Rotation
1. Pedro Martinex
2. Tom Glavine
3. Aaron Heilman
4. Victor Zambrano
5. Steve Trachsel
CP Billy Wagner


2006 Phillies

1. SS Jimmy Rollins
2. CF Aaron Rowand
3. RF Bobby Abreu
4. LF Pat Burrell ( Howard )
5. 1B Ryan Howard ( Burrell )
6. 2B Chase Utley
7. 3B David Bell
8. C Mike Leiberthal ( switching with Fasano )

1. Jon Leiber
2. Cory Lidle
3. Brett Myers
4. Randy Wolf
5. Ryan Franklin
CP: Tom Gordon

[sschirmer]

Chicago Cubbies
Juan Pierre CF
Todd Walker 2b
Derrek Lee 1B
Aramis Remirez 3b
Matt Murton LF
Jacque Jones RF
Michael Barrett C
Ronnie Cedeno SS

Carlos Zambrano
Mark Prior
Greg Maddux
Jerome Williams
Glendon Rusch

Closer Ryan Dempster, soon to be displaced by Kerry Wood

[Francoeurstein]

2006 Cardinals

1. 2B Hector Luna
2. CF Jim Edmonds
3. 1B Albert Pujols
4. 3B Scott Rolen
5. RF Juan Encarnacion
6. C Yadier Molina
7. LF Larry Bigbie
8. SS Davis Eckstein

1. Chris Carpenter
2. Mark Mulder
3. Jeff Suppan
4. Sidney Ponson
5. Jason Marquis
Cp. Jason Isringhausen

2006 Rangers

1. CF Brad Wilkerson
2. SS Michael Young
3. 1B Mark Texiera
4. LF David Dellucci
5. 3B Hank Blalock
6. RF Kevin Mench
7. C Rod Barajas
8. DH Phil Nevin
9. 2B Mark Derosa ( or Ian Kinsler )

1. Adam Eaton
2. Kevin Millwood
3. Vincete Padilla
4. John Wasdin
5. C.J. Wilson
CP Fransisco Cordero

[Solair Wright]

2006 Cardinals

1. 2B Hector Luna
2. CF Jim Edmonds
3. 1B Albert Pujols
4. 3B Scott Rolen
5. RF Juan Encarnacion
6. C Yadier Molina
7. LF Larry Bigbie
8. SS Davis Eckstein

1. Chris Carpenter
2. Mark Mulder
3. Jeff Suppan
4. Sidney Ponson
5. Jason Marquis
Cp. Jason Isringhausen

I think the batting Lineup may be like:

1. David Eckstein (SS-Leadoff)
2. Jim Edmonds (CF)
3. Albert Pujols (1B)
4. Junior Spivey (2B) - I won't expect much out of him though
5. Scott Rolen (3B)
6. Juan Encarnicion (RF)
7. Larry Bigbie (LF)
8. Yadier Molina (C)
9. Pitcher

Not correcting you, but I think this will be the batting lineup for the Cards.