2011 Opening day lineup

[brm7675]

Okay it's the beginning of Jan, so lets do some early guessing here. If asked to write out the lineup card YOU believe Dusty will post on that Thursday game vs. the Brewers whom will be on it, where will they be playing and what will the batting order be....

Here is mine:

Scott P - Leadoff - playing LF
Edgar R - Batting 2nd - playing SS
Joey V - Batting 3rd - Playing 1st
Scott R. - Batting 4th - Playing 3rd
Brandon P - Batting 5th - Playing 2nd
Jay B - Batting 6th - Playing RF
Drew S - Batting 7th - Playing CF
Ramon H - Batting 8th - Playing C
Bronson A - Batting 9th - Pitching.

[HUHUH]

Okay it's the beginning of Jan, so lets do some early guessing here. If asked to write out the lineup card YOU believe Dusty will post on that Thursday game vs. the Brewers whom will be on it, where will they be playing and what will the batting order be....

Here is mine:

Scott P - Leadoff - playing LF
Edgar R - Batting 2nd - playing SS
Joey V - Batting 3rd - Playing 1st
Scott R. - Batting 4th - Playing 3rd
Brandon P - Batting 5th - Playing 2nd
Jay B - Batting 6th - Playing RF
Drew S - Batting 7th - Playing CF
Ramon H - Batting 8th - Playing C
Bronson A - Batting 9th - Pitching.

PLEASE NO! The top two would be a disaster.

[BigRed]

Lewis lf
Phillips 2b
Votto 1b
Rolen 3b
Bruce rf
Stubbs cf
Hernandez c
Janish ss
Arroyo p

[Eric the Red]

1. Drew Stubbs CF
2. Brandon Phillips 2B
3. Joey Votto 1B
4. Scott Rolen 3B
5. Jay Bruce RF
6. Johnny Gomes LF
7. Ramon Hernandez C
8. Paul Janish SS
9. Edinson Volquez P

[KYRedLeg]

1. Drew Stubbs CF
2. Brandon Phillips 2B
3. Joey Votto 1B
4. Scott Rolen 3B
5. Jay Bruce RF
6. Jonny Gomes LF
7. Ramon Hernandez C
8. Paul Janish SS
9. Bronson Arroyo P


I see us essentially picking up where we left off last year.

[UPRedsFan]

1. Drew Stubbs CF
2. Brandon Phillips 2B
3. Joey Votto 1B
4. Scott Rolen 3B
5. Jay Bruce RF
6. Johnny Gomes LF
7. Ramon Hernandez C
8. Paul Janish SS
9. Edinson Volquez P

Agree.

[BLark = HOF]

1. Drew Stubbs CF
2. Brandon Phillips 2B
3. MVP 1B
4. Scott Rolen 3B
5. Jay Bruce RF
6. Ryan Hanigan C
7. Fred Lewis LF
8. Edgar Renteria SS
9. Bronson Arroyo P


Remember Hanigan is usually the guy who catches for Arroyo. So pending on who you believe will start Opening Day, decides who will also be catching Opening Day.

[Cant Touch This]

Here's what I'd like to see, with the possibility of swapping Stubbs and Phillips. It's really all about OBP in that number 1 slot and it's too early in Stubbs' career for me to get a definitive feel for his ability to get on base. I like what I saw toward the end of last season, though, so I'm hoping it carries over.

1. Stubbs CF
2. Bruce RF
3. Votto 1B
4. Rolen 3B
5. Heisey LF
6. Phillips 2B
7. Hanigan C
8. Janish SS
9. Arroyo P

[Tadasimha]

Here's what I'd like to see, with the possibility of swapping Stubbs and Phillips. It's really all about OBP in that number 1 slot and it's too early in Stubbs' career for me to get a definitive feel for his ability to get on base. I like what I saw toward the end of last season, though, so I'm hoping it carries over.

1. Stubbs CF
2. Bruce RF
3. Votto 1B
4. Rolen 3B
5. Heisey LF
6. Phillips 2B
7. Hanigan C
8. Janish SS
9. Arroyo P

I wouldn't want to put Jay Bruce's power in the 2-hole spot.

1. Stubbs CF
2. Phillips 2B
3. Votto 1B
4. Bruce RF
5. Rolen 3B
6. Heisey LF
7. Hannigan C
8. Janish SS
9. Arroyo P

[redsfan_12]

1. Phillips
2. Stubbs
3. Votto
4. Rolen
5. Bruce
6. Heisey
7. Hernandez
8. Janish

[mroby85]

1. Renteria
2. Phillips
3. Votto
4. Rolen
5. Bruce
6. Gomes
7-Stubbs
8. Hernandez
9- Arroyo

[DirtyBaker]

We are a scott podsednik away from the brm prophecy.

[brm7675]

We are a scott podsednik away from the brm prophecy.

give it time, it will happen...:thumbdown

[UCBrownsfan]

Is this a prediction, or what we would do?

If vs a righty, what I would do.

1) Votto
2) Rolen
3) Bruce
4) Gomes
5) Phillips
6) Stubbs or Renteria
7) Arroyo
8) Hannigan Stubbs
9) Janish Hannigan

I like the idea of getting Votto an extra at bat every 3 games, I like the idea of putting a pitcher on the defensive by worrying about a homerun the very first guy and even more, I like having somebody start the game on base (over 40% for his career), after the first inning he's back to being the RBI machine.

[brm7675]

Is this a prediction, or what we would do?

If vs a righty, what I would do.

1) Votto
2) Rolen
3) Bruce
4) Gomes
5) Phillips
6) Stubbs or Renteria
7) Arroyo
8) Hannigan Stubbs
9) Janish Hannigan

I like the idea of getting Votto an extra at bat every 3 games, I like the idea of putting a pitcher on the defensive by worrying about a homerun the very first guy and even more, I like having somebody start the game on base (over 40% for his career), after the first inning he's back to being the RBI machine.

Votto at LO? Not a chance, he is your 3 guy. Would you have Batted Barry Bonds or Mark Mcgwire lead off?