M's Starting Lineup
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Baker was axed, via Twitter, whether the Condor could suffer in competition because of being away at the WBC. His terse reply: "Nope. He's the starter in LF or RF"
It registers in Dr. D's molasses-slow mind that this gives us a starting lineup, including batting order, though Smoak's slot especially is in flux.
We'll skip the trite and cliche'd caveats about things being set in stone. We'll also skip the hackneyed caveats about spring training logic. EVERYbody knows what the caveats are.
If I were an Angel fan, and playing roto, here's where I'd be pegging these guys on my draft board:
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Player | Pos | OPS+ | Note | |
1 Gutierrez | CF | R | 105 | 15-20 HR, 15-20 SB ... big health risk |
2 Ackley | 2B | L | 90-100 | On the "Post-hype" yellow sticky note |
3 Morales | DH | L | 120 | .300, 25 HR. Contract year |
4 Morse | LF | R | 125 | Shandler proj'd .500 SLG. Fences coming in |
5 Seager | 3B | L | 110 | He is what he is - solid 3B option |
6 Montero | C | R | 100 | Pencil in "average," pocket the profit |
7 Saunders | RF | L | 110 | .250 with 20-20 offense; repeats 2012 |
8 Smoak | 1B | S | 80-120 | "26 with Experience" player, could explode |
9 Ryan | SS | R | 60+ | Keep him far, far away from my roto roster |
Having put our roto caps on, let's take those caps off and put on the real-life basebawl caps.
The 30,000-foot view? Wow. That's a good offense. No Hamiltons or Trouts, but few lineups contain eight hitters who are causing damage. The above offense would be one of the five best in the league.
Disappointments in sports do occur, and they occur in bunches. That is what it's going to take, for the 2013 offense not to be a good one.
Whoops! That was a hackneyed caveat, wasn't it.
BABVA,
Dr D