I'd much rather have Zobrist at third than Cuthbert. That guy would be a butcher at the 6.[/QUOTE]

Really? I thought he had been at 3rd for most of his career (admittedly I haven't checked his defensive metrics).

I'm not going to complain about Esky at #1 but there is no god damn reason Zobrist or Gordon shouldn't be leadoff ... Esky is a perfect #9 hitter with his speed and his ability to hit for average.

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Let it ride boys
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Royals fans have fell in love too quick with Cuthbert. He's not even close to ready yet ... and would be an abortion defensively as an every day 3rd baseman.

I'll be really disappointed if Ned/Dayton don't view Zobrist as the everyday platoon for Dyson/Infante (or at least most every day). We don't need Infante hitting against righties and we don't need Dyson hitting against lefties now that we have Zobrist.

The truth is it doesn't matter. This team is winning the division, and we're likely going to do it with style. All that really matters is if Gordon comes back add a healthy, productive player in time for the postseason. At that point, Zobrist plays second.

I guess that assumes Rios continues to play at his pre-injury level, but the gap between Infante and Zobrist is huge. The gap between he and Rios/Dyson/Orlando is much smaller.

ZORILLA!

Get him to Cleveland!

Right, but you know it isn't going to happen so why bother? Your lineup prediction with Esky batting leadoff would be more relevant and interesting given it will be what is played out in reality.

seems to me that Salvy and Cain have become the "heart" of the team


Cain is sooooooooo clutch


Glad we have all 3 of them(salvy,esky,cain)

Really? I thought he had been at 3rd for most of his career (admittedly I haven't checked his defensive metrics).[/QUOTE]

I meant SS.

I meant SS.[/QUOTE]

Gotcha. I glossed over the second part of your post.

Definitely. Theres really no way to even know what you have in Cuthbert, for god sakes he's only had 18 ABs. He still hit in the .250s in the minors, he still has concerns from scouts about being avg defensively, and he's still like 22 years old.

It is fairly obvious that Zobrist should be in LF verse lefties and at 2B verse righties. That plays to the strengths of Zobrist, Dyson, and Infante the best. It also gives them playing time in the correct order of ability.

Zobrist has had the most success when he's played RF and 2nd.

While Gordon is out, are we going to put him at left? Or switch someone else in there and put Zobrist at right?

Dyson and Orlando have both played LF recently. No reason to not put Zobrist where he is most comfortable to start off.

Interesting to see if Yost actually pulls Infante some.

Our depth is pretty darn good now regardless