Today's lineup
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 19, 2008 3:40 PM CDT
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PrintFor those who don't know what the hell Ron Washington is thinking most of the time, today's lineup is not going to help...
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Michael Young
CF Josh Hamilton
3B Hank Blalock
1B Jason Botts
RF David Murphy
DH Gerald Laird
C Adam Melhuse
LF German Duran
The bench is Bradley, Broussard, Vazquez, and Cat.
I have to assume Bradley's knee is such that he requires a day off today.
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Great question.
"Hmn [sic] ... pehaps [sic] I've said too much..." - LSJesus
by inactive lsb user on Apr 19, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Laird
Can’t you switch positions? If Melhuse was to go down couldn’t Laird take over catching and someone else DH?
White Women!
Ah, negative
If the DH switches to a position, the pitcher has to bat.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope...
Melhuse doesn’t break a thumb in the first.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
Calm down,
Wash is a beast, he knows what he is doing…
"He throws that curveball so hard and it snaps 12 to six like you've never seen." - Matt Kemp on Clayton Kershaw
I didn't really know
Duran was an outfield option.
"that suzuki guy should go back to making cars" - My girlfriend after C.J.'s close in game 2
Probably isn't
but you dont really have to cover much ground in LF at Fenway. As long as he plays the monster well, its not that big of a deal.
It will
be interesting if Laid will do a lot better offensively that he doesn’t have to have catcher duties this game.
Watch him get a few dingers…
"He throws that curveball so hard and it snaps 12 to six like you've never seen." - Matt Kemp on Clayton Kershaw
I own the Brooklyn Bridge
I’ve got a great deal going on it this week if you’re interested…
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
okay this is how I would have done it,
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Michael Young
CF David Murphy
RF Josh Hamilton
3B Hank Blalock
1B Jason Botts
DH Gerald Laird
C Adam Melhuse
LF German Duran
Not alot of flexabilty for spots 6-9 and seeing how you dont want cat in left Duran is the only other option. Im really not sure how Wash could see The Murph as an adequate RF option. If and when Bradley needs a day off stick Hammy over there and put The Murph in center. It really isnt rocket science.
Adam loves him some Lard
do you really drop
Murphy in the 3 hole against a left-handed starter?
"that suzuki guy should go back to making cars" - My girlfriend after C.J.'s close in game 2
Im not really sure,
I dont know his splits but by the sounds of it they must suck.
Adam loves him some Lard
Not aweful:
.286/.318/.524 this year
But I just wouldn’t count on him performing up to what you need in that slot.
Like SarasotaRanger just said… I like him a lot, but I think you’re more likely to get better performance out of him lower in the lineup.
"that suzuki guy should go back to making cars" - My girlfriend after C.J.'s close in game 2
Hell no.
I love some murph…. but…. no.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
This should be the order
Kins
MY
Blalock
Hambone
Botts
Murph
Laird
Duran
Melhuse
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
You break up your lefty bats this way
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Your still batting R,R,L,L,S,L,R,R,R
Maybe Duran could help break those three leftys up. And Hank shouldnt bat third.
Adam loves him some Lard
Kins and MY are 1,2
Period. You can’t bat German in the heart of the order. Seriously. Which of these righty would you bat in the 3,4,5 spots? There’s nothing wrong with Hank batting 3rd. He’s done it this season.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I havent gotten to see a game so IM not really sure how he has preformed
but this is a tuff 1-9. Not much to work with. Im not really sure why he seems to think he needs to run a new and diff lineup every other game though. He should make a plan and not just pick spots 3-9 out of a hat.
Adam loves him some Lard
3,4,5 and sometimes 6
have been a combination of Bone, Hammer, Byrdman, and the Milt. There hasn’t really been anyone else capable of handling those spots (except perhaps the Murph at times). It’s the outfield defensive alignments that have been head scratching at times this year.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Why?
Couldn’t Murphy play RF again? If you’re good enough to play Center odds are you’re good enough to play anywhere in the OF.
White Women!
I said at times this year
I didn’t say tonight. Read.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Id rather have the power and defense of hammy there
than Murph. Thats my only reasoning
Adam loves him some Lard
the only real problem
is the backup catcher thing. that’s like rule 1 in terms of lineup management. it shouldn’t even be a question.
When Minn. would DH Mauer, did they have an emergency third catcher? do the rangers?
Rare Gnats Sex
as to the lineup
the bottom of the lineup is atrocious but you gotta like the confidence in botts (if you’re a botts fan i guess)
Rare Gnats Sex
one difference
laird is no mauer.
dh’ing the catcher without an emergency catcher is pretty dumb, but i’d make an exception to keep a guy like mauer in the lineup, or victor martinez.
"When we're mad we'll use our words. Then the rest of the world will play nice with us. And the only boom-booms will be in our pants." - Ralph Wiggum
Baseball is the cruelest of sports ...
...and it almost always exploits the weak at the worst possible times.
The way things are going for this team, you can almost guarantee the fact that Wash playing both catchers in the game (with one at DH) is going to bite him in the ass.
What this lineup also tells me is that with Bradley’s wonky knee, this team needs a right-hand stick who pastes leftys.
Hello, Shrek.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
+1
Bring back heeeeed!
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
If Board Game needs...
a day off that’s fine. I’m ok with Duran in LF over Cat for a day off as well.
The only thing I don’t get is Laird at DH. He can’t hit, and now who is the backup CA going to be if Melhuse gets hurt?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
You'd
switch Laird to Catcher and put Milton at DH…
"He throws that curveball so hard and it snaps 12 to six like you've never seen." - Matt Kemp on Clayton Kershaw
You can't do that
If your DH goes into the field, you lose the DH position and the pitcher has to bat.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 19, 2008 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
It’s only worthwhile if you’re protecting a lead and are out of defensive options. Yankees did it back in the 2005 ALDS.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
You know what I never knew that,
Does Duran play any catcher? Probably not. I hope this bites Warsh right in the buttocks.
Adam loves him some Lard
Didn't know that
I posted at the top before reading all the way down. I thought you could switch them around like fielders. Good info though.
White Women!
Still dont think its that big of a concern to have both C's in a game once in a while.
its not like catchers go down left and right on a daily basis.
although when that second C is adam melhuse its stupid for other reasons.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Our pitchers
are more likely to get critical hits than Laird
You know miles...
this has come up several times recently due to the “Let Salty backup C and DH” talk. You should already know that’s not possible.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
Texas Rangers HD Broadcast Schedule
I’m sure most of you have this link, but I’ve seen some folks in the past ask if the game was going to be in HD, so…...
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080327&;content_id=2462107&vkey=pr_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex
No way that's the lineup
i don’t believe it. no way in hell. nuh uh…it’s not going to happen.
the truth.
Wash might
be tricking the opposing team kind of like Bill Belicheck does…
"He throws that curveball so hard and it snaps 12 to six like you've never seen." - Matt Kemp on Clayton Kershaw
Meh
At least he’s playing Botts versus a lefty and not Bromide.
That’s an improvement, right?
If Bradley really needed a day off, what was his other option for DH? Cat and Bromide can’t hit a lefty to save their lives. At least Laird has a history of being pretty good versus lefties. Having two guys who can’t play against lefties makes filling out a lineup card versus a lefty kind of hard.
"Sabean did a good job on selling high on Liriano." -Excel Hearts Choi
+1
BB is an epic fail against LHP. It only took 9 AB’s to figure that out. He looked like an NL pitcher trying to hit.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Apr 19, 2008 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
lineup
Looks like wants to get in as many righties as he can against Lester. Is Bradley’s knee really THAT bad so much to where Laird has to DH?
The cold night...
probably had more to do with the decision to give Bradley a rest. Cold is not good for a guy recovering from knee surgery.
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Wash....
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
Ugh
I think I’m finally on the fire Wash bandwagon. Seems like a good guy, but his strength is being a defensive coach, not managing a team or even setting a lineup.
Howe
Holy shit that is a bad lineup. Isn’t Howe being paid to keep Wash from doing something this dumb?
The lineup should be:
Kinsler 2B
MY SS
Hamilton CF
Cruz RF
Blalock 3B
Shelton 1B
Botts DH
Murphy or Cat LF
Laird C
There was no reason to trade for Broussard with Botts and Shelton here and Davis on the way, and Byrd is a mediocre 4th outfielder wasting space.
--Brian
Cruz is a clean-up solution?
"Hmn [sic] ... pehaps [sic] I've said too much..." - LSJesus
by inactive lsb user on Apr 19, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Sure
Against a lefty, yes. I still think the guy can hit. I don’t believe in 4A players. We should stick him out there in RF for 2008 and see what happens. We’re not going to compete anyway.
--Brian
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