Opening Day Lineup:
SS Cristian Guzman
LF Lastings Milledge
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Nick Johnson
CF Elijah Dukes
RF Austin Kearns
C Jesus Flores
2B Emilio Bonifacio
Bench:
C Luke Montz
IF Leonard Davis
IF Alberto Gonzalez
IF/OF Willie Harris
IF/OF Kory Casto
OF Ryan Langerhans
Starting Rotation:
LHP Oliver Perez
LHP John Lannan
RHP Tim Redding
RHP Collin Balester
RHP Jordan Zimmermann
Bullpen:
RHP Joel Hanrahan-CL
RHP Garrett Mock-SU
RHP Saul Rivera
RHP Jason Bergmann
RHP Steven Shell
LHP Mike Hinckley
Sorry it's boring, but the Nats add one player: LHP Oliver Perez. Even at that, I think the chances of signing Perez are 15% or less, but he at least makes sense due to age. They're not going to sign Tex or CC or Sheets. Maybe Dunn, but I doubt it.
EDIT-here's the spreadsheet.
you only have 24
ReplyDeleteRight you are. Corrected.
ReplyDeleteSean, a lot of this depends on who the GM is next year. i will operate under the assumption Bowden is NOT fired. i reserve the right to edit should Bowden be relieved of his duties.
ReplyDeleteOD Line-up:
CF Lastings Milledge
SS Cristian Guzman
3B Ryan Zimmerman
LF Adam Dunn
RF Elijah Dukes
1B Nick Johnson
C Jesus Flores
2B Emilio Bonifacio
Bench:
C Wil Nieves
MI Alberto Gonzalez
CI Ronnie Belliard
OF Willie Harris
OF Austin Kearns
Starters:
RHP Tim Redding
LHP John Lannan
RHP Collin Balestar
RHP Kip Wells
RHP Shairon Martis
Bullpen:
RHP Joel Hanrahan-CL
RHP Saul Rivera-SU
LHP Jeremy Affeldt-SU
RHP Jason Bergmann
RHP Steven Shell
LHP Mike Hinckley
RHP Garrett Mock
Hiding on the DL:
RHP Shawn Hill
RHP Chad Cordero (yeah, i think he comes back)
1B Dmitri Young
OF Wily Mo Pena
My hitters are already up at the Hutch, and my pitchers are coming. Does that count? 8^)
ReplyDeleteI can post 'em again here if it'll help.
Opening Day Line-up:
ReplyDelete2B Emilio Bonifacio
SS Cristian Guzman
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Pat Burrell (LF alternative)
RF Elijah Dukes
CF Lastings Milledge
C Jesus Flores
LF Roger Bernadina
Bench:
C Wil Nieves
IF Alberto Gonzalez
IF Ronnie Belliard
1B Nick Johnson
OF Austin Kearns
Starters:
RHP Tim Redding
LHP John Lannan
RHP Kyle Lohse
RHP Shairon Martis
RHP Collin Balester
Bullpen:
RHP Joel Hanrahan-CL
RHP Saul Rivera
LHP Charlie Manning
RHP Jason Bergmann
RHP Steven Shell
LHP Mike Hinckley
RHP Garrett Mock
In the Minors (or DL)--Wily Mo Pena, Dmitri Young, Pete Orr, Anderson Hernandez, Ryan Langerhans
Well, we can only hope that Nick Johnson will be healthy next year, can't we? I'll go with Nick at First Base, but don't want to emabarrass myself with any other predictions. Hmmmmmm...no, wait a minute...Peter Lalich in the outfield? Nope, sorry, wrong sport! BTW, if ya thought my Friday Foto was Funny, you should check out the Silly Sunday Sweepstakes tomorrow. We'll be Sharing that Caption Love, ya know--and you might know the folks in the snap!
ReplyDeleteHere we go...
ReplyDeleteOD lineup:
SS - Guzman
RF - Dukes
LF - Dunn
1B - Teixeira
CF - Milledge
3B - Zimmerman
2B - Bonifacio
C - Flores
Bench:
UT - Harris
IF - Gonzalez
2B - Hernandez
C - Montz
OF - Lowrance
Starters:
Lannan
Redding
Perez
Balester
Martis
Bullpen:
Clippard
Mock
Speigner
Estrada
Hinckley
Shell
Hanrahan
I'm figuring Belliard gets traded to let's say Milwaukee for someone who won't be on the 40 man.
ReplyDeleteAs for OD 09 I'll guess:
SS Cristian Guzman
CF Lastings Milledge
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Nick Johnson
LF Elijah Dukes
RF Austin Kearns
C Jesus Flores
2B Emilio Bonifacio*
Bench:
C Jason La Rue
IF Anderson Hernandez
IF Sean Casey
IF/OF Willie Harris
OF Wily Mo Pena
Starting Rotation:
LHP John Lannan
LHP Tim Redding
RHP Jason Bergmann
RHP Collin Balester
RHP: Shawn Hill**
Bullpen:
RHP Joel Hanrahan
RHP Saul Rivera
RHP Steven Shell
RHP Garrett Mock
RHP Jesus Colome
LHP Mike Hinckley
RHP Brett Tomko
DL: Dmitri Young
*Should the Marlins for some reason start a lefty on OD (it should be Nolasco or Johnson I would think) this will be Andy H.
**will be announced as part of the opening day rotation but get pushed back due to forearm soreness. Tomko gets the start instead.
Actually, I have a revision. Weathers is signed to close and Mock starts the year as an SP. Everything else is the same.
ReplyDeleteAs for OD 09 I'll guess:
SS Cristian Guzman
CF Lastings Milledge
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Nick Johnson
LF Elijah Dukes
RF Austin Kearns
C Jesus Flores
2B Emilio Bonifacio*
Bench:
C Jason La Rue
IF Anderson Hernandez
IF Sean Casey
IF/OF Willie Harris
OF Wily Mo Pena
Starting Rotation:
LHP John Lannan
LHP Tim Redding
RHP Jason Bergmann
RHP Collin Balester
RHP: Shawn Hill**
Bullpen:
CL: David Weathers
SU: Joel Hanrahan
RHP Saul Rivera
RHP Steven Shell
RHP Jesus Colome
LHP Mike Hinckley
RHP Brett Tomko
DL: Dmitri Young
I almost picked Sean Casey as well. Tomko I feel is more of a minor league deal guy till someone (Hill?) goes down.
ReplyDeleteRight re: Tomko. That's more or less what I mean. Technically maybe he's not on the opening day roster, but that's the effect.
ReplyDeleteI do tend to think they bring in a veteran to close.
They could also non-tender Willie Harris.
I'm a loser already. Kyle Lohse won't be a National. The Free Agent just signed a 4 year deal to stay with the Cardinals.
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