who's the best 9?

[Redsrookie]

i was just wondering who everone thouhgt was the best nine for the starting line up?

[OnBaseMachine]

Ryan Freel
Felipe Lopez
Adam Dunn/Griffey
Griffey/Dunn
Wily Mo Pena
Austin Kearns
Edwin Encarnacion
Jason LaRue
Pitcher

Or

Ryan Freel
Edwin Encarnacion
Ken Griffey Jr.
Adam Dunn
Felipe Lopez
Wily Mo Pena
Austin Kearns
Jason LaRue
Pitcher

[KronoRed]

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Ditto.

[RedsManRick]

Freel
Lopez
Jr.
Dunn
Pena
Kearns
Encarnacion
LaRue

That's what I expect to see at this point.

[Tommyjohn25]

Freel
Lopez
Jr.
Dunn
Pena
Kearns
Encarnacion
LaRue

That's what I expect to see at this point.


I hope you're right my man. Good Lord that lineup has some pop!

[BigRed]

Womack 2b
Lopez ss
Griffey cf
Pena lf
Dunn 1b
Kearns rf
Encarnacion 3b
LaRue c

Mostly the same as above. However, my belief is that since Narron keeps talking about Freel playing all over the field, Womack is going to end up starting at 2b with Freel filling in all over the place and getting plenty of PT. I thought that putting Pena in between Dunn and Griffey might be a good idea to split up the left handers. Depending on how they are going, Kearns could be put in the clean up spot also.

[Highlifeman21]

What I want to see:

2B Freel
SS Lopez
CF Griffey
1B Dunn
RF Kearns
LF Pena
3B Encarnacion
C Valentin/LaRue (yes, in a platoon)

What we'll probably see for the majority of the season:

2B Womack
SS Lopez
CF Griffey
LF Dunn
RF Kearns
3B Aurillia
1B Hatteberg
C LaRue

[redsmetz]

What I want to see:

2B Freel
SS Lopez
CF Griffey
1B Dunn
RF Kearns
LF Pena
3B Encarnacion
C Valentin/LaRue (yes, in a platoon)

What we'll probably see for the majority of the season:

2B Womack
SS Lopez
CF Griffey
LF Dunn
RF Kearns
3B Aurillia
1B Hatteberg
C LaRue

I think you're probably right on the "will be" except for Encarnacion - I think he's earning his spot. I think we'll see a regular movement of Aurillia, Freel and Womack throughout the year.