http://www.ussmariner.com/2011/05/09/rearranging-the-line-up/ Rearranging The Line-Up Dave · May 9, 2011 at 9:25 pm · Filed Under Mariners With the team tossing Milton Bradley overboard yesterday (because they’re Mariners – get it? That will be my last sailor related pun of the year, I’d bet), one thing is for sure – the batting order is going to have to change. Despite Eric Wedge’s insistance that Justin Smoak was going to remain in the #5 spot, that seems to be unlikely, as there’s no more veteran presence to point to who has experience in that role. Now, the team will actually have to use talent to determine who hits where. So, let’s give it a shot. We’ll start with the line-up against righties, since that’s going to be the one that gets used more often. This is my suggestion for what the line-up should look like, not necessarily what Eric Wedge will go with. 1. Ichiro (L), RF 2. Figgins (S), 3B 3. Cust (L), DH 4. Smoak (S), 1B 5. Rodriguez (S), 2B 6. Olivo (R), C 7. Saunders (L), CF 8. Wilson (R), LF 9. Ryan (R), SS Bench: Gimenez (R), Kennedy (L), Wilson (R), Peguero (L) My call for Luis Rodriguez to take over as the starting second baseman only gains momentum now that the team is showing that they’re willing to shift away from veterans who have no future here. Give Rodriguez a few hundred at-bats to see what he can do. I know hitting a utility infielder fifth isn’ t ideal, but he’s actually got some pop, and as an extreme flyball guy who makes good contact, he might just collect a good amount of sac flies behind the teams OBP group. Wilson gets the starts in left by default, even though I’d imagine Peguero will probably get some playing time as well. I’m not a big Mike Wilson fan, but he has fewer holes in his swing than Peguero right now, and if you sandwich Saunders between two RHBs, you might be able to limit the times that an opposing manager will go use an LHP against him in tough situations. Since you can’t really pinch hit for Saunders with this roster, that’s kind of important. Against southpaws, I’d go something like this. 1. Ichiro (L), RF 2. Figgins (S), 3B 3. Olivo (R), C 4. Smoak (S), 1B 5. Wilson (R), LF 6. Cust (L), DH 7. Rodriguez (S), 2B 8. Ryan (R), SS 9. Saunders (L), CF For all the talk of getting the team another right-handed bat, swapping out Bradley and Langerhans for Peguero and Wilson didn’t actually do that. The team still only has one RH bat to share time at LF/DH, so either Peguero or Cust will have to play against southpaws. Not ideal, but it is what it is. Is it a good line-up? No, of course not. It’s probably not even any better than the one that the team ran out over the weekend. But, until Dustin Ackley arrives, Franklin Gutierrez returns, and they import another MLB-caliber hitter or two, this is probably the best they can do. 要變成USSM想的這種打線順序好像不太可能... 讓Luis Rodriguez接替Jack Wilson守2B --

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