New batting order...

[HoopsDawg]

1. Kam James- .431 OBP
2. Hines- Statiscally our best hitter, get him more ABs
3. Lotan
4. K. Clark
5. Yeager
6. Cumbest
7. Hancock- down to .240 but still has a .403 OBP
8. Jess Davis
9. Lane Forsythe

Statisically, this lineup makes more sense than what we are doing. 8 and 9 hole are what they are.

[basedog]

1. Kam James- .431 OBP
2. Hines- Statiscally our best hitter, get him more ABs
3. Lotan
4. K. Clark
5. Yeager
6. Cumbest
7. Hancock- down to .240 but still has a .403 OBP
8. Jess Davis
9. Lane Forsythe

Statisically, this lineup makes more sense than what we are doing. 8 and 9 hole are what they are.

I like it! Man, we seem to swing and miss so many pitches. Arkansas over the years has just dominated us, I don't really get it or understand. We are having a hard time no doubt putting a complete game together. Today is a big game, we really need to swing the bats today, I'm hoping we get off to a good fast start, we are putting ourselves in a hole way too many times early in games!

[The Federalist Engineer]

I expect Hancock to hit eventually, boy it sucks to have a non hitting 1B batting 7th

1B should be a masher

Now we know the Samford kid was rejected, what a damn shame

[WSOPdawg]

1. Kam James- .431 OBP
2. Hines- Statiscally our best hitter, get him more ABs
3. Lotan
4. K. Clark
5. Yeager
6. Cumbest
7. Hancock- down to .240 but still has a .403 OBP
8. Jess Davis
9. Lane Forsythe

Statisically, this lineup makes more sense than what we are doing. 8 and 9 hole are what they are.

Agree 100% with a change. You can't keep your 3-hole hitter there when he's only hitting .240. Plus, in the later innings, I hate when we turn the lineup over only to have Davis getting "another" AB when we coulda gotten one batter closer to our premium hitters with this lineup change.

[sleepy dawg]

I expect Hancock to hit eventually, boy it sucks to have a non hitting 1B batting 7th

1B should be a masher

Now we know the Samford kid was rejected, what a damn shame


Our best hitter is a 1st baseman. He just doesn't play 1st base.

[sleepy dawg]

1. Kam James- .431 OBP
2. Hines- Statiscally our best hitter, get him more ABs
3. Lotan
4. K. Clark
5. Yeager
6. Cumbest
7. Hancock- down to .240 but still has a .403 OBP
8. Jess Davis
9. Lane Forsythe

Statisically, this lineup makes more sense than what we are doing. 8 and 9 hole are what they are.

I think this is our best bet right now and exactly how I would make it. Only changes I might consider are swapping 8 and 9. Put Davis 9th to better help with the top of the lineup. The only other thing I might swap is Clark and Lotan.

[NCDawg]

I don't think it matters too much. We're not a very good hitting team, and have only one SEC caliber pitcher, Smith. The guys we lost from last year's team killed us.

[WinningIsRelentless]

Our best hitter is a 1st baseman. He just doesn't play 1st base.

If you are suggesting playing Hines at 1st I know you aren?t going to dh Hancock? I mean what do we do if you dh Hancock and Lotan gets hurt in a game you just killed the dh.

[Homedawg]

If you are suggesting playing Hines are 1st I know you aren?t going to dh Hancock then right? I mean what do we do if you dh Hancock and Lotan gets hurt in a game you just killed the dh.

Somebody gets it

[Todd4State]

If you are suggesting playing Hines are 1st I know you aren?t going to dh Hancock then right? I mean what do we do if you dh Hancock and Lotan gets hurt in a game you just killed the dh.

That's always been a weird rule to me.

[WinningIsRelentless]

Our best hitter is a 1st baseman. He just doesn't play 1st base.


That's always been a weird rule to me.

Why do you think it?s weird?

[EdwardDrayton]

I’d like to think changing the order of the same guys will produce a different result. I’d like to think that.

[Todd4State]

Why do you think it?s weird?

Because you can double switch any other position and not lose it.

[Todd4State]

I’d like to think changing the order of the same guys will produce a different result. I’d like to think that.

Meh. Let's see how tonight goes. This lineup has been pretty good as a whole.

[TNDawg35]

Well Lemonis listened… kinda… now instead of us having to worry about the 3 hole being an auto out, it’s the lead off spot…

Hancock
James
Hines
Tanner
Clark
Cumbest
Yeager
Coder
Forsythe

[HoopsDawg]

Well Lemonis listened… kinda… now instead of us having to worry about the 3 hole being an auto out, it’s the lead off spot…

Hancock
James
Hines
Tanner
Clark
Cumbest
Yeager
Coder
Forsythe

That's definitely better.

[msstate7]

I really hate hitters watching strike 3 in a big spot

[Cowbell]

I really hate hitters watching strike 3 in a big spot

Cumbest needs to lead off because he can only hit with no runners on

[sandjunky]

If you are suggesting playing Hines at 1st I know you aren?t going to dh Hancock? I mean what do we do if you dh Hancock and Lotan gets hurt in a game you just killed the dh.

Lose the DH and pinch hit for the pitcher each time after that