Platoons

msstate7

msstate7

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Do you see us keeping bonafacio, beckham, and Castro? How do you or do you see us platooning at 3b, 2b, and LF (kelly and Olivera)?
 
I think Bonifacio is purely a bench bat. I think Beckham has a chance to earn some playing time, but I don't see a big role for him.

I think Kelly Johnson will be playing on a near-daily basis.
 
The way I see it will be.

FF will be everyday. Swisher will spell
Jace will be everyday unless he struggles. Then expect Beckham.
It probably wouldn't take much more than a month of struggles.
Aybar is everyday. Bono would spell him.
Adonis will start but probably go to platoon with KJ pretty quickly. Offensively that might produce a pretty good 3B number.
LF will be hector to Lose
Ender will be center
Nick will be RF.
bourn, Bono, KJ, and swisher will back up those guys.
AJ flowers split at catcher.

This should be the plan barring injuries. At least until trades start to happen
 
I'd be fine with platoons if we were going to compete, but with this rebuild, I want guys we're unsure about to play every day so we know what we have. Adonis, Jace and Olivera need to be in the lineup every day to start the year. I still want Kelly to play a lot so we can flip him for a prospect, but at this point we know what Kelly is. I want to know if we can count on the other three in the future at all.
 
I hope we go ahead and cut Bourn and Swisher loose. Replace them with Mallex and Kelly. I'll really be mad if we do not keep Castro on the roster. I do not want Bonifacio backing up at short.

I do not think we'll see a true platoon and instead we pretty much just have Kelly in there either at third or LF against righties. Then while Olivera is injured Kelly takes over in left.
 
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