Monday, March 31, 2008

Live Blog 5: The unveling of the lineups


For all fantasy baseball owners, it's almost an annual tradition.

It's opening day and you clamor to that first box score to see where your players are hitting in their respective lineups.

With box scores sometimes coming up hours before the first pitch, let's break down some notable lineup names and where they're hitting.

Yankees
Biggest surprise is Matsui hitting 8th; Cano 6th. It's the usual cast of All-Stars.

Blue Jays
Rios dropped to 3rd with Stewart hitting 2nd. Wells-Thomas-Overbay-Hill in the 4-7 spots. 

Diamondbacks
Eric Byrnes is hitting 3rd, Conor Jackson cleanup and Chris Snyder 5th. Justin Upton 8th.

Reds
Corey Patterson (CF) leadoff; Griffey Jr. 3rd; Phillips cleanup; Dunn 5th. Freel not starting.

Brewers
Gwynn Jr. 2nd; Fielder 3rd; Braun cleanup; Hall 5th; Hart 6th. Kendall hitting 9th behind Sheets (8th). Ouch.

Nationals
Milledge 2nd; Zimmerman 3rd; Johnson cleanup; Kearns 5th. Not many ownable mixed-league guys here.

Phillies
Same as last year, mostly: Rollins-Victorino-Utley-Howard-Burrell-Feliz. Stock up early and often on your Phillies.

White Sox
Swisher leading off with CF Owens injured; Cabrera 2nd; Thome 3rd; Konerko 4th; Dye 5th; rookie Alexei Ramirez 6th, playing CF. Crede hitting 8th.

Indians
Lots of the same: Sizemore-Michaels-Hafner-VMart-Peralta-Garko. Gutierrez 8th. Blake moved from 2nd to 9th.

Devil Rays
Just like we saw this spring: Iwamura-Crawford-Pena-Upton-Floyd and then it really drops off. But the top of the Rays lineup is impressive.

Orioles
Predictably, Roberts-Mora-Markakis-Millar-Huff. Scott dropped to 7th behind Hernandez and rookie phenom Adam Jones in the no-pressure 8th slot. Could be a couple waiver-wire pearls here. Don't sleep on all the O's

We've got weather delays in Chicago and Cincinnati. Breaking news: Blue Jays-Yankees postponed to tomorrow night. Ugh. Still, lots of good info in these early lineups.

For fantasy owners, it's Christmas morning.

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