Projected Baseball Starting Lineup

[Will.sixpack]

With baseball season beginning Friday, who will be starting Opening Day?

C,1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF, and starting rotation

 

[MSUDC11]

My best guess for what you see on Friday:

C: Lovelady
1B: Gordon
2B: Stovall
3B: Alexander
SS: Gridley
LF: Poole
CF: Mangum
RF: Rooker
DH: Bragg

Friday - Pilkington
Saturday - Cyr
Sunday Game 1 - Plumlee
Sunday Game 2 - Gordon

I wouldn't read much into that rotation after Pilkington, though. Ashcraft could start a game this weekend, but someone has to start the midweek game against Morehead next Tuesday so I'll say he does that.

Expect to see Marrero start a game at catcher, Brown to start a game at 1B, MacNamee and possibly Blaylock to start a game in the outfield, and then Skelton to start a game somewhere. Don't know if that's catcher, 3B, or DH.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

My guess

Your lineup except for:
Cody Brown instead of Cole Gordon @ 1B
Brant Blalock instead of Bragg in LF
Gordon or Bragg @ DH

 

[msu_wx]

My best guess for what you see on Friday:

C: Lovelady
1B: Gordon
2B: Stovall
3B: Alexander
SS: Gridley
LF: Poole
CF: Mangum
RF: Rooker
DH: Bragg

Friday - Pilkington
Saturday - Cyr
Sunday Game 1 - Plumlee
Sunday Game 2 - Gordon

I wouldn't read much into that rotation after Pilkington, though. Ashcraft could start a game this weekend, but someone has to start the midweek game against Morehead next Tuesday so I'll say he does that.

Expect to see Marrero start a game at catcher, Brown to start a game at 1B, MacNamee and possibly Blaylock to start a game in the outfield, and then Skelton to start a game somewhere. Don't know if that's catcher, 3B, or DH.

I agree with pretty much everything you said. I would also expect to see an inning or two from Mangum on the mound, if not this weekend, then very soon.

 

[57stratdawg]

He looked decent on the mound last weekend. FB around 91.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

I once thought the dual position guys were going to a be a way MSU could meander around the scholarship limitations. Never really materialized until Humphreys helped us last year. I hope that continues now with Gordon and Mangum.

 

[msstate7]

I once thought the dual position guys were going to a be a way MSU could meander around the scholarship limitations. Never really materialized until Humphreys helped us last year. I hope that continues now with Gordon and Mangum.

Until we lose a great position player to TJ.

 

[patdog]

Until we lose a great position player to TJ.

That's a terrible reason not to use a position player as a pitcher if he can pitch.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

^^^this one

 

[msstate7]

That's a terrible reason not to use a position player as a pitcher if he can pitch.

Have you seen our TJ rate? I cringe every time our normal pitchers take the mound, much less mangum

 

[Dawgs'n'Grizz]

That's like saying Fitz should play DB if he can cover guys

 

[Hoover Dawg]

While I don't agree, I do know that 'cringe' feeling. With the TJ epidemic I feel like every one of those boys' arms are about to rip at any given minute.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

No, it's really not. If he had said this:

That's a terrible reason not to use a position player as a pitcher if he can throw.

...you might have a point.

But as it stands, you do not. If a guy can pitch (as in, the art, in a baseball game), then we'd be stupid not to use them.

 

[patdog]

Then we should fix the problem. Not hold back on pitching our best pitchers just because they also play a position in the field.

 

[J-Dawg]

What's some batting orders we could expect to see? Obviously Mangum in leadoff and I could assume we see Rooker prominently in the 3 to 5 holes.....

 

[dickiedawg]

Curious how much Cannizarro will juggle the lineup based on matchups.
We don't have a ton of flexibility in that regard, really- only 3 LH batters and 2 switch hitters. Mangum is obviously an everyday guy, and Gordon/Brown are apparently playing the same position (though Brown can play OF also). That's assuming Alexander only bats from the right side- I saw that on Twitter this week but I suppose it could change or be a false report.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Not nearly as much as Cohen I'm guessing. Cohen morphed into some weird statistics type guy from his time at Kentucky and throughout his tenure at MSU. Either way, the meddling was never as big a deal as people made it out to be. We were good when we had talent playing the way it ought to play.

 

[msudawg12]

What's some batting orders we could expect to see? Obviously Mangum in leadoff and I could assume we see Rooker prominently in the 3 to 5 holes.....

I’m actually hoping we can find a way to use magnum in the two hole if we can get a guy that can get on base somewhere close to his clip. Allow his incredibly steady bat to move guys around to score.