Like last season, Adam Lind looks lost at the plate. Time to mix it up in the Jays line-up?
STRADER: I love the guy. I do.
He seems like he’d be your best friend. His wife is Canadian. He loves the city. And I do love his swing.
But it’s enough already.
It’s time to move Adam Lind down in the lineup.
The vultures are circling Jose Bautista, and I understand why. The lack of 3-4 power is getting sooooooo frustrating.
But Joey Bats can’t move. He can go from the third hole to the fourth, I don’t mind that, but in my opinion he’s still one of the most intimidating bats in the league, we’re still seeing him intentionally walked, and he’s clearly pressing. He’ll break out.
But Adam Lind, yick. Besides 26 HR’s in a shortened season last year, he isn’t performing like a clean up hitter. His OPS against righties has hovered around .750 for three seasons now, and he struggles against lefties. That simply isn’t good enough for a clean up hitter in the AL East. I don’t want to see the kid given up on. I think he’s going to win a gold glove at first in the future, but I wouldn’t push for Lyle Overbay to be the clean up hitter in the AL East, would you?
Somebody on the team is seeing the ball well.
Somebody had an unbelievable 2.300 OPS against the Seattle Mariners.
Somebody is looking like the natural hitting machine you want in the RBI position.
That guy, is Edwin Encarnacion.
Sing it Nacho…
When the fantasy has ended
And all the children are gone
Something good inside me,
Helps me to carry on!
I ate some bugs,
I ate some grass,
I used my hand,
To wipe my tears
To kiss your mouth
I break my vow
No no no, no no, no WAY JOSE
Unless you want to
Then we break our vows together
Encarnacio-hooooon
Encarnacio-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hon
Encarnacion
*Diduliduliluli!*
Encarnacio-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hon
They are ready for you now.
Farrell has reportedly said it’s going to take 100 at bats for him to make any drastic lineup changes. So we have approximately two more weeks to wait and see if he’s fed up. I am.
So, here is what I would propose.
1. Rasmus (yes, Johnson walks more, but I think Rasmus has the ability to if given the responsibility, and I want speed at the top. Real speed. Triples, steals, etc.)
2. Escobar (He’s struggling, no doubt, and I think the ability that Hecchevarria showed in the spring might be in this guy’s head, but being in the two-hole, being asked to hit and run, bunt, move guys over, might get his bat going)
3. Bautista (I still have to believe he’s the best bat on the team)
4. Encarnacion (.323, .381, .667, 1.048, 8 2B, 8 HR, 21 RBI – we don’t even really need to discuss this, do we?)
5. Johnson (He’s got pop, I want to see it utilized.)
6. Lind (Maybe 7, ‘cause Lawrie looks amazing, but let’s still give him a prominent role before we bury him)
7. Lawrie (I expect a response from Livingstone about seeing him third. But in my opinion, he’s 21, I want to see him brought up slowly)
8. Thames (He’s hitting, but he still doesn’t look like a scary superstar to me)
9. Arencibia (And I’m sorry JP, but Mathis looks like he’s finally figured out his major league bat, and was a very highly touted prospect himself, so my one note here is I’d like to see Jeff a little more often right now. Maybe twice a week)
That’s what I think Jays fans. Let me know what you think.
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