Switch Teahen and Pierre in the order and have Quentin DH with Jones in RF and you have yourself a winner, or at least a lineup that makes the best use of the players and their current production levels.
What is your ideal batting order everyday? Heres mine
Pierre DH
Beckham 2B
Rios CF
Konerko 1b
Jones LF
Quentin RF
AJ C
Teahen 3B
Aram SS
Beckham 2B
Rios CF
Konerko 1B
Jones LF
Quentin RF
AJ C
Teahen 3B
Alexei SS
Nix DH
Yes, Pierre sucks so much I rather have Nix at DH.
His fantastic .504 OPS is just unacceptable. At least Nix will SLG higher than .222 and have an OBP higher than .280(as of today for Pierre).
If Teahen keeps up his decent production i'd move him higher but I have 0 faith in him.
Teahan 3B
Beckham 2B
Jones RF
Konerko 1B
Quentin DH
Rios CF
AJ C
Pierre DH
Alexei SS
nix at dh is interesting....i wouldnt oppose that. how much time do we give pierre? i like pierre i really do, but his ability to hit the ball out of the infield sucks.
.393 OBP thus far this year.
No, but the odd Juan Pierre ever becomes a competent leadoff hitter ever again is even rarer.
MT won't keep a .390+ OBP all year, but his career high was somewhere around .340-.350, I think he can possibly do that.
I dont really disagree with any of this. I just think Beckham is likely the better hitter overall(or will be over the course of the season) with at the least a comparable OBP to Teahen. Same with Rios. Why I like them more 1+2. Also why I'd keep Teahen down in the order for a couple more weeks to see if he keeps up a OPS in the .825-.850 range. He wont keep up his .882 he has currently it's just a matter of how bad he downtrends.
Exactly in an ideal world you have Tea Bag getting on base, Beckham doubling to the opposite field or whatever and scoring MT.
