Your 2009 Starting Lineup

[deerayfan072]

Saw John Sickles do this thought it would be interesting. Post what your lineup and rotation would be for the Rays if you were running the Rays.


C- Salty (Trade Rocco for Salty and a closer like Gonzo)
1B- Dukes
2B- Longria
SS- Reid
3B- Aki
LF- CC
CF- Upton
RF- Young

SP- Kazmir
SP- Niemann
SP- Price
SP- Talbot
SP- Shields


SU- Wade Townsend
CL- Mike Gonzalez

[BooksRnot4U]

Well I'm going to do one without trades, easier

C - Dioner Navarro
1B - Reid Brignac
2B - B.J. Upton
SS - Evan Longria ((we can try and teach him))
3B - Akinori Iwamura
LF - Carl Crawford
CF - Rocco Baldelli
RF - Delmon Young
DH - Elijah Dukes

and batting in this order

1 - Carl Crawford - LF
2 - Reid Brignac - 1B
3 - Rocco Baldelli - CF
4 - Delmon Young - RF
5 - Elijah Dukes - DH
6 - Evan Longoria - 1B
7 - B.J. Upton - 2B
8 - Akinori Iwamura - 3B
9 - Dioner Navarro - C

BN - Josh Paul - C
BN - Ty Wigginton - 1B/2B/3B/DH
BN - Wes Bankston - 1B/DH
BN - Brendan Harris - 1B/2B/3B/SS/DH
BN - Johnny Gomes - OF/DH
BN - Joel Guzman - 1B

SP 1 - Scott Kazmir
SP 2 - James Shields
SP 3 - Jeff Niemann
SP 4 - Andy Sonanstine
SP 5 - Mitch Talbot

CL - Al Reyes ((if hes still around why not))
SU - Wade Townsend
RP 1 - Mitch Talbot
RP 2 - Jason Hammel
RP 3 - Chad Orvella
RP 4 - Jacob McGee
RP 5 - Wade Davis
RP 5 - Edwin Jackson
RP 6 - Jae Kuk Ryu
RP 7 -

that would be pretty sweet

I'm sure I'm forgetting some guys

[raiders_umpire]

C Matt Wieters
1B Joel Guzman
2B BJ Upton
3B Evan Longoria
SS Reid Brignac
LF Carl Crawford
CF Rocco Baldelli
RF Delmon Young
DH Elijah Dukes

Bench
Akinora Iwamura (3b, 2b, OF)
Dioner Navarro (C)
Wes Bankston (1B)
Ben Zobrist (SS)
Sergio Pedroza (OF, 3rd C)

SP

1. Jeff Niemann
2. Scott Kazmir
3. Andy Sonnanstine
4. Jamie Shields
5. Wade Davis

RP
Mitch Talbot--CL
Al Reyes
Chad Orvella
JP Howell
Jacob McGee
Wade Townsend

[raiders_umpire]

After mulling over if for a few hours, my 2009 batting lineup.


1 Upton
2 Longoria
3 Crawford
4 Delmon
5 Baldelli
6 Guzman
7 Wieters
8 Dukes
9 Brignac


It sucks for Brignac to hit 9th, but wow to have a possible 280 hitter with 30 home run power hitting 9th just means how talented this lineup really is.