Lou’s initial lineup
Lou Pinella announced the lineup & rotation he will start the season with. Unlike Dusty Baker, I would expect Lou to try and keep things pretty consistent until the need for change becomes obvious. Here’s what Lou put forth today…
Lineup
- SS Ryan Theriot
- LF Alfonso Soriano
- 1B Derrek Lee
- 3B Aramis Ramirez
- RF Kosuke Fukudome
- 2B Mark DeRosa
- C Geovany Soto
- CF Felix Pie
- P (pitcher)
Rotation
- Carlos Zambrano (R)
- Ted Lilly (L)
- Ryan Dempster (R)
- Rich Hill (L)
- Jason Marquis (R)
Bullpen
- Kerry Wood - closer
- Bobby Howry
- Carlos Marmol
- Jon Leiber
- Kevin Hart
- Michael Wuertz
- Sean Marshall
- Scott Eyre
Personally, I would rather see this lineup:
- Theriot
- Fukudome
- Lee
- Ramirez
- Soriano
- Soto
- Pie
- DeRosa
- (pitcher)
Soriano stikes out too much for the 2 hole. I’d rather see a high OBP guy like Fukudome batting 2nd, with Soriano 5th where more of a free swinger belongs. Theriot is not the ideal lead off guy but likely the best of this crew. Soto - if he improves on his impressive rookie year - can offer some protection for Soriano. I guess Lou is sensitive to taking pressure off of Pie & Fukudome, but to me they would be out of position.