Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
With Holliday out I think I would go:
Carpenter
Grichuk
Heyward
Peralta
Wong
Piscotty
Molina
Moss
Pitcher
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I think I'd go
Carpenter
Piscotty (still love his swing)
Heyward
Peralta
Grichuk
Wong
Moss
Molina
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I think I'd avoid the temptation of forcing a L/R/L/R thing because Wong's wrists are so quick that he's not generally prone to getting beaten up by lefties. He's showing some splits this year but last year he hit lefties much better. Moss has shown reverse splits this season and ultimately I don't know if he can hit ANYTHING but given his swing and miss tendencies, I don't want him hitting 8th were pitchers can just throw him enough junk to get himself out. I could almost be convinced to move Moss up behind Peralta, getting Grichuk to my preferred 6 spot for him and then with Wong/Molina behind him you do keep a l/r/l/r pattern throughout the lineup, but I want to see a little more from Moss first.
Carpenter
Piscotty
Heyward
Peralta
Moss
Grichuk
Wong
Molina
is potentially our BEST lineup, IMO. It just needs the respective pieces to prove their worth. You get Piscotty in a spot where he can utilize that linedrive stroke well. You get Heyward's power/speed combo and high OBP at the top of the order. Moss's LH power would be a huge boost behind Peralta if it comes around. Grichuk has enough thump behind him with Wong and a professional hitter in Molina that pitchers can't run from him and he'll get pitches to hit. Same story with Wong and then Molina's bat control in the 8 hole can really be used nicely with Grichuk and Wong's speed in front of him.
It's actually a really nice group of parts, those parts just need to come together.