GDT 5/25/21: Braves @ Sawx - Snits Blows the Lineup

[Slippyjms]

Acuña RF
Freeman 1B
Ozuna LF
Albies 2B
Riley 3B
Swanson SS
Sandoval DH
Heredia CF
Contreras C

Morton P

[Slippyjms]

Ozuna should be the DH and Adrianza should be in LF. Either that or Ender in CF and Heredia and LF.

[GovClintonTyree]

Ozuna should be the DH and Adrianza should be in LF. Either that or Ender in CF and Heredia and LF.

Why is Heredia starting ahead of Inciarte again against the RH? Is it the "hot hand" theory?

We had him out here in Seattle a couple seasons and he's not all that. OPS will stabilize in the high sixes, most likely. Not a great defender, either.

Inciarte was hitting a little bit and can play defense. Since we're paying him, I'd rather give him the heavy lift side of a platoon.

[Slippyjms]

Why is Heredia starting ahead of Inciarte again against the RH? Is it the "hot hand" theory?

We had him out here in Seattle a couple seasons and he's not all that. OPS will stabilize in the high sixes, most likely. Not a great defender, either.

Inciarte was hitting a little bit and can play defense. Since we're paying him, I'd rather give him the heavy lift side of a platoon.

I think it’s part hot hand part Ender not showing he can handle the load of the strong side of a platoon. Even if Ender is able to hit at a passable level he breaks down all the time.

[Enscheff]

Why is Heredia starting ahead of Inciarte again against the RH? Is it the "hot hand" theory?

We had him out here in Seattle a couple seasons and he's not all that. OPS will stabilize in the high sixes, most likely. Not a great defender, either.

Inciarte was hitting a little bit and can play defense. Since we're paying him, I'd rather give him the heavy lift side of a platoon.

You’re right, but Snit is going to allow Heredia to turn back into a pumpkin, and then begin to rot for a couple weeks before he makes the change. That’s always how “going with the hot hand” works out, and is why it’s such a foolish idea.

The silver lining is that Ender isn’t that much better than Heredia, and would probably just get hurt if he played more than 1-2 games a week, so it’s not a huge deal.

On the plus side, at least Snit is using the correct DH, and has Riley in the correct spot. So it’s not all bad.

[Slippyjms]

You’re right, but Snit is going to allow Heredia to turn back into a pumpkin, and then begin to rot for a couple weeks before he makes the change. That’s always how “going with the hot hand” works out, and is why it’s such a foolish idea.

The silver lining is that Ender isn’t that much better than Heredia, and would probably just get hurt if he played more than 1-2 games a week, so it’s not a huge deal.

On the plus side, at least Snit is using the correct DH, and has Riley in the correct spot. So it’s not all bad.

You think Sandoval is the correct DH? I personally think we’d be better moving Ozuna to DH and upgrading the defense.

[Enscheff]

I’m mostly just excited about watching Panda get 4-5 PAs instead of seeing Morton flail away 2-3 times followed by Snit making correct PH decisions.

Why anyone would rather see Morton bat instead of Panda is baffling to me.

[Enscheff]

You think Sandoval is the correct DH? I personally think we’d be better moving Ozuna to DH and upgrading the defense.

LF in Fenway may be the easiest position to play in all of baseball. Ozuna has to throw the ball like 30’ to Swanson. If there was any time to sacrifice OF defense, it’s this series.

Panda should be getting all 8-10 DH PAs this series. There is no reason to keep one of the best 5-6 bats on the bench at Fenway.

[GovClintonTyree]

You think Sandoval is the correct DH? I personally think we’d be better moving Ozuna to DH and upgrading the defense.

There's nothing wrong with Ozuna's defense, UZR is positive, and far better than last year. What he cannot do is throw, and even that isn't really showing up in his metrics (yet).

[Slippyjms]

LF in Fenway may be the easiest position to play in all of baseball. Ozuna has to throw the ball like 30’ to Swanson. If there was any time to sacrifice OF defense, it’s this series.

Panda should be getting all 8-10 DH PAs this series. There is no reason to keep one of the best 5-6 bats on the bench at Fenway.

That makes sense. 30’ still seems like a long way for Ozuna though. I think part of me wanting to up the defense is I also hate the idea of seeing the idea of Panda getting extended opportunities to run the bases.

[PawPawMaxwell]

You think Sandoval is the correct DH? I personally think we’d be better moving Ozuna to DH and upgrading the defense.

Panda has had some success against the Sox pitcher. Nothing much from the other bench guys.

[zbhargrove]

Put this in the last minor league thread too but I know there were some questions about him, so I thought I'd but it here too:

Kipnis in the lineup for Gwinnett tonight... sounds like he was injured from folks on Twitter

[Dalyn]

Damn. He did? I hope that didn't tire any of them out. He should've waited until after the game. What a bad manager!

[Julio3000]

The whole lineup?

(Predictably beaten to the punch by Dalyn)

[Julio3000]

Talk about a players’ manager.

[CyYoung31]

In a row?

[Hulavol]

Panda gonna smack one. So is Acuna.
Back to hiding under the bed.

[msstate7]

Ozuna hit 3 HRs at Fenway last year, so I'm calling his breakout series

[salmagundy]

Only good thing about T 1st was driving pitch count up

[UNCBlue012]

Good start, Charlie…