Back to Baseball - give me your lineup

[Irondawg]

Based on what you've seen so far. Let's assume it's vs a rhp

For me:

Robson - let's see if he can handle it
Heck
Collins
Humphreys
Gridley
Rea
Smith
Lovelady
Holland

Tough to leave out vickerson and brown but if he's ready Collins has to at least dh. That leaves out Rooker as well. Hump better get it going soon though.

[msstate7]

Based on what you've seen so far. Let's assume it's vs a rhp

For me:

Robson - let's see if he can handle it
Heck
Collins
Humphreys
Gridley
Rea
Smith
Lovelady
Holland

Tough to leave out vickerson and brown but if he's ready Collins has to at least dh. That leaves out Rooker as well. Hump better get it going soon though.

Probably too right handed...

L
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
L

[smootness]

Collins is going to catch.

[msstate7]

Heck (r) -- SS
Robson (l) -- cf
Collins (r) -- c
Rea (r) -- 1b
Holland (l) -- 2b
Gridley (r) -- 3b
Reynolds (l) -- dh
Smith (r) -- rf
Vickerson (l) -- LF

[smootness]

I think Humphreys has to be in the lineup regardless of who is pitching. His potential is too good, we need him to keep seeing pitching so he can get it going.

[msstate7]

I think Humphreys has to be in the lineup regardless of who is pitching. His potential is too good, we need him to keep seeing pitching so he can get it going.

Dh vs lhp.

I don't want him in the OF

[smootness]

I'm saying I would put him in the lineup against righties, too. His potential is too good to only hit him against lefties.

[Irondawg]

Yeah mine is probably too righty heavy for Cohen but Reynolds hasn't shown me enough to force him in unless you want to sit gridley. We really lack a lh power bat don't we

[preachermatt83]

I have 2 lineups that would be my weekend lineups pretty regularly.

Lineup 1
heck SS
gridley 3B
brown LF
Collins C
rea 1B
hump DH
vickerson RF
Holland 2B
Robson CF

Lineup 2

Heck SS
Gridley 3B
Brown RF
Collins DH
Rea 1B
Hump LF
Lovelady C
Robson CF
Holland 2B

[Smitty]

Heck SS
Collins C
Smith RF
Humphreys DH
Rooker LF
Holland 2B
Rea 1B
Gridley 3B
Robson CF

THAT is the MF lineup.

[justwin]

Heck SS
Collins C
Smith RF
Humphreys DH
Rooker LF
Holland 2B
Rea 1B
Gridley 3B
Robson CF

THAT is the MF lineup.

dam that is the MF'ing lineup. Nicely done. I really like the combo of Hump and Rooker and haven't thought about it that way before. I'd probably have Rea 4-6 though.

[Todd4State]

1. Heck SS
2. Gridley 2B
3. Collins C
4. Humphreys LF
5. Rooker DH
6. Robson CF
7. Rea 1B
8. Spruill 3B
9. Smith RF

[War Machine Dawg]

1. Heck SS
2. Gridley 2B
3. Collins C
4. Humphreys LF
5. Rooker DH
6. Robson CF
7. Rea 1B
8. Spruill 3B
9. Smith RF

You've lost your damn mind with Spruill.

[War Machine Dawg]

1. Robson - CF
2. Heck - SS
3. Collins - C
4. Hump - LF
5. Rooker - DH
6. Holland - 3B
7. Rea - 1B
8. Smith - RF
9. Gridley - 2B

[Todd4State]

You've lost your damn mind with Spruill.

Third base is a hole for us. Do you want the guy that walks but can't hit in Reynolds? Do you want the struggling John Holland- who is hitting worse than Spruill in at second base while forcing Gridley somewhat out of position and thus weakening us slightly defensively? Or do you want the veteran but struggling Matthew Britton who has the worst stats of any of the third basemen. Spruill is hitting for a higher average, has a higher slugging percentage, and more extra base hits than the others.

I'm basically going off of stats.

There is a reason why Austin Riley will be our starting third baseman should he come to school next year.

[Smitty]

John Holland will hit SEC pitching far better than Matt Squirrel.. Prep for that. My lineup is the go out there and HIT Conference pitching lineup.

[Todd4State]

John Holland will hit SEC pitching far better than Matt Squirrel.. Prep for that. My lineup is the go out there and HIT Conference pitching lineup.

Perhaps. Right now third base is a revolving door and no one has stepped up as of now. Including Spruill.

[War Machine Dawg]

Third base is a hole for us. Do you want the guy that walks but can't hit in Reynolds? Do you want the struggling John Holland- who is hitting worse than Spruill in at second base while forcing Gridley somewhat out of position and thus weakening us slightly defensively? Or do you want the veteran but struggling Matthew Britton who has the worst stats of any of the third basemen. Spruill is hitting for a higher average, has a higher slugging percentage, and more extra base hits than the others.

I'm basically going off of stats.

There is a reason why Austin Riley will be our starting third baseman should he come to school next year.

I'm much more willing to give the guy who's been an elite player at every level a chance to win the job and work his way out of it than I am to hand it over to a freshman who's looked like garbage so far. You'd rather go with the unknown quantity. Yeah, Holland's struggling. But his track record says he'll figure it out and be a serious baller.

If he doesn't work, I'd go with Britton. Sure, we sacrifice offense with him. But he's by far the best defensive option. Or maybe we could do what makes the most sense of all - try Hump at 3B. He was recruited as a 3B, if memory serves. Then you free up LF for Rooker/Brown/Vickerson, getting more of your best hitters into the lineup.

[Irondawg]

Whereas I was once optimistic that our problem was too many hitters, the reality is looking more like we have too many guys that are the same hitter and they all play 3B or COF. I'm not sure there is really that much difference in Brown, Vickerson, Smith in the OF and Spruill, Reynolds, Gridley, Holland in the IF with Britton the weakest hitter and has honestly probably about played himself out of the conversation. Rooker and Humphries give you some power potential in the COF/DH spot but you lose some plate discipline, speed and defense.

On the IF guys I'm also not sure how to rate them all defensively.

Gridley has earned the PT until he loses it in my book. Humpreys is the guy we need to become an xbh threat and run producer so I'd give him a few more weeks to earn/lose that spot. To me he DH's unless you want to get Rooker's bat in there (assuming he's worth than Hump defensively). and if we keep never hitting XBH then we need to roll the dice with Rooker. Right now I'd give Holland, Smith and Brown most of the other PT

vs RH:

Robson
Heck
Collins
Humphreys
Brown
Rea
Holland
Smith
Gridley

vs LH

Gridley
Heck
Collins
Humphreys
Rooker
Smith
Rea
Holland/Spruill/Britton
Robson (if robson looks terrible vs LH maybe Smith could play CF)

[Todd4State]

I'm much more willing to give the guy who's been an elite player at every level a chance to win the job and work his way out of it than I am to hand it over to a freshman who's looked like garbage so far. You'd rather go with the unknown quantity. Yeah, Holland's struggling. But his track record says he'll figure it out and be a serious baller.

If he doesn't work, I'd go with Britton. Sure, we sacrifice offense with him. But he's by far the best defensive option. Or maybe we could do what makes the most sense of all - try Hump at 3B. He was recruited as a 3B, if memory serves. Then you free up LF for Rooker/Brown/Vickerson, getting more of your best hitters into the lineup.

Well, let's just make this a meme then. "Todd4State wants Spruill." I'm not happy with ANY of the third basemen- including Spruill. I'm simply going by the stats and who is performing the best at THIS moment. Not sure where the disconnect is or how much clearer I can make this. Statistically Spruill sucks less than the others right now- but not by much.

Holland only hit .243 at FSU as a freshman. Not bad, but not exactly setting the world on fire either. Personally, I don't like what I am seeing from him so far. I hope he turns it around. I think he is trying to do too much and now Gridley is threatening his job.

I would not be shocked if it ends up being Britton at the end of the year based on his history as a player- he always starts slow and then finishes decently. I don't think we can totally count on that either.

I would be fine with Humphreys at third- but I don't think Cohen will do it. It would allow us to get Vickerson and Rooker in the lineup at the same time. There is a benefit to Humphreys playing OF this year which is learning it because with Riley possibly coming in, he's probably going to be moved back out there anyway.

I'm not sure that Reynolds is ever going to be anything more than a guy that walks a lot and he looks like a role player to me.