Your 2009 Cincinnati Red Opening Day Lineup (per CTrent)

[forfreelin04]

Reds lineup:
Jerry Hairston Jr. cf
Darnell McDonald lf
Joey Votto 1b
Brandon Phillips 2b
Jay Bruce rf
Edwin Encarnacion 3b
Ramon Hernandez c
Alex Gonzalez ss
Aaron Harang p

WOW!

From Adam Dunn to someone named Darnell. Sounds like a trivia question in the making.

[CesarGeronimo]

Darnell McDonald is starting on opening day? Unbelievable. I can't believe he made the team, let alone bat second on opening day. He has a career .331 OBP in the minor leagues, but at least he lacks power. This is a joke. :thumbdown

[Slyder]

I hope this is a late April Fools Day Joke by C. Trent. A kid in little league could make a better lineup.

[forfreelin04]

Let me be the first to mention these two things:

A. Dusty's daughter dumped CPat and is now dating Darnell.

B. This lineup will somehow put up 8 runs tomorrow depsite their punch and judy.

[Ghosts of 1990]

It's for real. Bailey also optioned. Sucks.

At least Duhsty didn't sit Bruce and Votto on Opening Day. That would be so duhsty like

[DTCromer]

Yup, because Adam Dunn would "greatly improve" this team.

[Ghosts of 1990]

Yup, because Adam Dunn would "greatly improve" this team.

Dunn production > Darnell Mcdonald and anyone else we stick in LF this year (it'll be a revolving door)

[DTCromer]

Dunn production > Darnell Mcdonald and anyone else we stick in LF this year (it'll be a revolving door)

Well of course, I don't see how much we're going to be worse than last year without Dunn. . . not to mention, we're not paying him 10 million dollars to miss 3rd base.

[CesarGeronimo]

Why not just pick a minor league outfielder at random and he'll surpass Darnell McDonald's production?

[Fon Duc Tow]

Yes but it is good to have a lineup to complain about again.

Opening Day almost here!!!

[Ghosts of 1990]

Well of course, I don't see how much we're going to be worse than last year without Dunn. . . not to mention, we're not paying him 10 million dollars to miss 3rd base.

You don't like Dunn and that is cool. You aren't required to. To a degree its like arguing religion or politics. There will never be just 1 camp with Adam. But the facts are the facts. The guy was relevant because he put up numbers that made him a premium commodity in this league. While not without his blemishes, the fact he constantly is brought up shows that he left his mark in the presence of Reds fans minds. I know I'll miss his bat

[Ghosts of 1990]

Yes but it is good to have a lineup to complain about again.

Opening Day almost here!!!

I agree!

And there's HOPE! A new day is here! Spring and Baseball finally!

[GIDP]

Anyone want to buy my Opening day tickets?

[Ghosts of 1990]

Anyone want to buy my Opening day tickets?

Did the lineup make you not want to go?

[DTCromer]

You don't like Dunn and that is cool. You aren't required to. To a degree its like arguing religion or politics. There will never be just 1 camp with Adam. But the facts are the facts. The guy was relevant because he put up numbers that made him a premium commodity in this league. While not without his blemishes, the fact he constantly is brought up shows that he left his mark in the presence of Reds fans minds. I know I'll miss his bat

It was fun watching Dunn hit 600 foot home runs, but at some point, I want to win a championship. This roster is closer to "winning" than the one we had last year. If people are going to continue to pine for Dunn, then I'll continue to crap on his overrated career here. Sure, he may win for another organization, but it'll be a team who can afford the luxury of Dunn.

MacDonald certainly isn't the answer to LF nor am I suggesting anyone on this roster is, but I don't want to overpay for people to come here to "replace" Dunn. We could certainly be fine next year if Alonso makes great strides and is ready to play sometime in 2010.