Thread: Who would you play?

Originally Posted by USAFChief

Call me crazy, but I'm leery about not having a left fielder.

Unconventional for sure. But hey... The teams is 0-4 and about to face Weaver. It's a fresh idea.

Originally Posted by USAFChief

Call me crazy, but I'm leery about not having a left fielder.

Haha, Revere got cut off there.

Span, CF
Mauer, C
Morneau, DH
Willingham, RIGHT FIELD
Parmelee, 1B
Burroughs, 3B
Carroll, SS
Casilla, 2B
Revere, LF

My first post.

Anyway my lineup would be:

Span (RF)
Mauer (C)
Morneau (DH)
Willingham (LF)
Parmelee (1B)
Sano (3B)
Dozier (SS)

Rosario (2B)
Revere (CF)


Ha, I drifted off there for a second......


Span (CF)
Mauer (C)
Morneau (DH)
Willingham (RF)
Parmelee (1B)
Valencia (3B)
Doumit (LF)
Carrol (SS)
Casilla (2B)


I think people need to give Valencia a little bit more time.

You don't "shake things up" 4 games into the season and throw out the panic signal.

Originally Posted by nchillsdale

My first post.

Anyway my lineup would be:

Doumit (LF)

Wait, isn't that the same as not having a left fielder?

Originally Posted by VodkaDave

You don't "shake things up" 4 games into the season and throw out the panic signal.

"Please shake well before using". Those words should be hung in Gardy's office, in large letters on the dugout, printed on the backs of the jerseys and at eye level at the urinals. Well shake "after" in that location. Shake before everywhere else.

Span CF
Hughes SS
Mauer C
Morneau DH
Willingham LF
Valenca 3B
Plouffe RF
Parmelee 1B
Casilla 2B

Originally Posted by VodkaDave

You don't "shake things up" 4 games into the season and throw out the panic signal.

Even when we've only scored one run before the 8th inning in those four games and are averaging an error a game?

I really don't have a problem with the lineup, but they aren't hitting so far.

I might have Plouffe starting somewhere, just because the Twins need to decide what he is and what he can do. I guess I would flip-flop Casilla and Carroll just to take some pressure off Carroll.

Span CF
Casilla 2B
Mauer C
Willingham LF
Morneau DH
Valencia 3B
Parmelee 1B
Plouffe RF
Carroll SS


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Let's be real, this is not a great Defensive team no matter whose playing it seems. So my starting lineup would be:
Span-RF
Plouffe-SS
Mauer-C
Willingham-LF
Morneau-DH
Parmalee-1b
Valencia-3b
Hughes-2b
Revere-CF

So over Casilla, and I like Carroll, so float him around SS and 2b. Doumit is our 4th OF, and backup C. Burroughs can float between 3b and 1b

Not giving up on Valencia. I just look for a non-true platoon to see if Burroughs can hit against some righties. It is interesting to see these lineups with Plouffe and Hughes both in against Weaver. Either they shouldn't change the lineup at all or they should just make it lefty heavy. Split stats should be appreciated.

Originally Posted by shanewahl

Not giving up on Valencia. I just look for a non-true platoon to see if Burroughs can hit against some righties. It is interesting to see these lineups with Plouffe and Hughes both in against Weaver. Either they shouldn't change the lineup at all or they should just make it lefty heavy. Split stats should be appreciated.

I'm not giving up on Velencia either. I just want 15 thousand alarm clocks strapped to his head that go off at the same time.

Originally Posted by spideyo

Shake things up a little. Remind Valencia, Doumit, Carroll, and Casilla that if they don't perform, there are other guys waiting to take their spot. Remind Span that we have other guys that can man CF if he can't keep Pujols from going first to third. If we had a third catcher, I'd sit Mauer too, but Doumit has looked even worse at the plate

That is the last thing I would do. How about picking a line-up and then sticking with it for a week or two? No matter how bad someone does one day, he goes back out the next day (Gardy has no problem doing that with relievers, as he's demonstrated time and again). Let the guys play together and get comfortable.

You want to shake things up? Get rid of Gardenhire. Once again he has headed north with a team that doesn't appear ready to play. We might not have started 0-4 before, but the Twins have not had a good start in years.

This is like trying to win at poker when you don't get to have any aces or face cards. No matter how much you shuffle it, the deck is stacked against you.

It comes down to performance on the field. Span, Mauer and Morneau have got to start performing at their potential. I don't expect them to stay cold all season, but so far the top three guys have not been finding many baseballs with their bats. In fact, the whole lineup has been making the other team's pitchers look like nothing but aces. Hey, poker again!

Originally Posted by shanewahl

Two right-handed bats against Weaver. I have nothing against Carroll batting second, but Mauer was born to bat second, obviously.

Who was the last Twin to bat second that wasn't the shortstop or second baseman?

Originally Posted by VodkaDave

You don't "shake things up" 4 games into the season and throw out the panic signal.

Concur.

If you want to get an extra LH bat or two in the lineup, fine. But not to "shake things up."

Originally Posted by WJ

Who was the last Twin to bat second that wasn't the shortstop or second baseman?

Revere (LF) 6 games ago. (Game 161 of 2011 season).

Originally Posted by shanewahl

Haha, Revere got cut off there.

Span, CF
Mauer, C
Morneau, DH
Willingham, RIGHT FIELD
Parmelee, 1B
Burroughs, 3B
Carroll, SS
Casilla, 2B
Revere, LF

Did you mean to say that Revere failed to hit the cut off man?

Originally Posted by shanewahl

Not giving up on Valencia. I just look for a non-true platoon to see if Burroughs can hit against some righties. It is interesting to see these lineups with Plouffe and Hughes both in against Weaver. Either they shouldn't change the lineup at all or they should just make it lefty heavy. Split stats should be appreciated.

Gardy almost certainly will stick with Valencia today, because he is 2-9 lifetime against Weaver with both hits being home runs

1. Casilla
2. Mauer
3. Morneau
4. Willingham
5. Parmelee
6. Span
7. Doumit
8. Carroll
9. Burroughs

These guys are capable of hitting--so why aren't they?