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So...Wedge still thinks Smoak is our starting first baseman. Which means Morse is our FULL TIME starting LF, Morales is our FULL TIME DH and Montero is our FULL TIME catcher...if Smoak hits well in ST...that is what Wedge wants to do.
Wow.
Talk about a line-up LOADED with power if Smoak hits three cherries and finally remembers how to hit.
Against righties, you'd have:
CF) Gutierrez (he has the long ABs you need form your lead-off hitter...he's the best fit here)
3B) Seager (he has less of a platoon split than our other line drive hitting lefties)
DH) Morales (his extreme contact skill makes him the ideal three-hitter)
LF) Morse (big donkey-lite)
1B) Smoak (he liked hitting 5)
RF) Saunders
C) Montero (keep the pressure off him...he GIDP'd so many times with runners on last year...it suggests he was pressing)
SS) Ryan (keep your worst hitter away from your core guys)
2B) Ackley (bat him WAY down here until he gets hot...then flip he and Gutierrez)
And against lefties, you'd have:
CF) Gutierrez
RF) Saunders (hit lefties well last year...your best bet against them if you have to pick one lefty for up here)
C) Montero (he owned lefties even last year)
1B) Morse (Smoak struggled against lefties last year)
DH) Morales
LF) Wells/Bay (death to lefties)
SS) Ryan (got on base well against lefties)
3B) Seager/Andino (bury to bad lefty stuff here)
2B) Ackley (keep him at bay until he's hot)
That team has a TON of potential.