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Starting lineups - who in the 2 hole

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Who should bat 2nd in the order?

  • Gimenez all the time

    Votes: 8 33.3%

  • Rosario all the time

    Votes: 6 25.0%

  • Gimenez against RHP/Amed against LHP

    Votes: 5 20.8%

  • Something else.. What? Tito?

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • Total voters
    24
Out of the Rafters at the Q said:
If Amed is great at getting into DP's, then he's the guy to fill the 2 hole.

When the 1 hole is full, someone with the experience and ability to effortlessly make the DP happen is invaluable.
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Sorry, meant to say "hit" not "get".
 
Last year Rosario had 133 plate appearances with a runner on 1st and less than 2 outs. He hit 374/376/519 with 19 GDPs.

Gimenez had 100 such plate appearances and slashed 247/299/371 with 9 GDPs.

I'll live with a few more DPs and stick with Amed.
 
I can't wait until Amed is no longer a conversation piece.
 
sportscoach said:
That's next season...
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What was the last expensive FA that they let walk after their contract was up? You can't use Brantley because he was injured the 2 prior seasons and had no value.

Maybe Amed sticks around all season, but that would be a mistake and he shouldn't be part of the conversation now.
 
CDAV45 said:
What was the last expensive FA that they let walk after their contract was up? You can't use Brantley because he was injured the 2 prior seasons and had no value.

Maybe Amed sticks around all season, but that would be a mistake and he shouldn't be part of the conversation now.
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You have been wanting to trade like half the team yesterday and hope it works... lol

Honestly, it really seems like Cleveland hasn't gotten a good deal for Amed, so that means he is the starting SS and likely in the 2 hole...

Deal with it...

He's not being displaced and hes not getting traded if he goes north with the team unless he badly struggles and/or the team is out of the running. He's got a very high chance of finishing the season as a Guardian.

You are complaining about a guy who got over 4 bWAR in 22...
 
Mott the Hoople said:
He could bat 2nd. (Next year.)

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Next season Rosario is out of Cleveland so the opposite spot of Gimenez will be open, so someone then will have to take the two hole...

I feel like Straw/Brennan will stay in the 9 hole for now (though on paper Brennan may end up in the 2 hole if he takes the starting CF spot, since he a .370+ OBP% candidate)...

When it comes to Rocchio... He's never been great at the OBP% role, so I'd rather have someone who gets on base more (Aka I don't like Rosario in the 2 hole, I like him more 6/7...
 
rosario. as long as he is here he can fill the #2 hole.
 
sportscoach said:
You have been wanting to trade like half the team yesterday and hope it works... lol

Honestly, it really seems like Cleveland hasn't gotten a good deal for Amed, so that means he is the starting SS and likely in the 2 hole...

Deal with it...

He's not being displaced and hes not getting traded if he goes north with the team unless he badly struggles and/or the team is out of the running. He's got a very high chance of finishing the season as a Guardian.

You are complaining about a guy who got over 4 bWAR in 22...
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Complete and utter BS, but you do you.

Again, you don’t know what has or hasn’t been offered so discussing it is a moot point.

I’m glad that he had over 4 bWAR. Hopefully someone pays for that mirage. I suspect they will at some point as $10M for an average bat/below average defensive SS isn’t something Cleveland typically does.

I see you couldn’t answer the question.
 
daddywags said:
Last year Rosario had 133 plate appearances with a runner on 1st and less than 2 outs. He hit 374/376/519 with 19 GDPs.

Gimenez had 100 such plate appearances and slashed 247/299/371 with 9 GDPs.

I'll live with a few more DPs and stick with Amed.
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Probably the most solid argument to stay the course I have read, this plus Tito's proclivities probably equals Amed batting 2nd routinely... I hope Andres is a MONSTER in 2023... Make it so Tito doesn't have a choice...

Voting remains close.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Amed runs like a bat out of hell. Batting 2nd is fine.

My question is who is our RH DH against a tough LH SP? (With Bell at 1B.)
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Oscar will either DH or be in right. One out of Arias and Freeman will bat in the other spot.
 
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