Giancarlo Stanton, OF

[Ramp]

fans are the worst

[Nick]

I hate them.

[Swifty]

I'd bat him 2nd (but I also wouldn't have Cantu hit 4th, my 1-6 would be CC-Stanton-H2R-Uggla-Gaby-Cantu).

[Bobbob1313]

2nd?

He's not going to put up a very good on base percentage. He's likely to be an all or nothing guy, that's not a good fit for the 2 spot.

[Fritz]

Yeah, I think Stanton at 6 would be a pretty solid spot.

[Mainge]

2nd?

He's not going to put up a very good on base percentage. He's likely to be an all or nothing guy, that's not a good fit for the 2 spot.

I think he wants to give Mikey the 'inherent protection' proection of the 2-hole.

Though I don't agree.

[Swifty]

Yeah, more or less. I want Hanley standing in the on-deck circle for Stanton, not Maybin or Paulino.

The other limiting thing is that we're so married to the idea of Cantu 4th so you're really not looking at lineup protection anywhere else. Sliding Uggla down further would be dumb, Cody 8th would be dumb, so really, if Stanton bats 7th and the lineup stays as is, it's either Maybin or the catcher as his "protection" and that's not what I want.

If we were so afraid to call him up because of the K's, don't we owe it to his development (and by extension our organization) to put him in the best spot to hit the ground running, meaning fastballs in fastball counts. I think so. Granted, MBA's Volstad crush has nothing on my man love for Stanton, but that's another story.

[Bobbob1313]

I just don't think it's wise to put a guy who's not likely to put up an OBP that is league average in the 2 hole.

I kind of think Gaby's particular brand of good-ish OBP and league average-ish power with pretty good contact is a good fit for the 2 hole. I think Stanton would be good in the 6 spot.

Something like:

Coghlan
Gaby
Hanley
Cantu
Uggla
Stanton
Cody
Paulino
Pitcher

That way you still have a good hitter to "protect" Mike (I don't really buy the protection thing, but that's another story), and you aren't having to deal with a potential OBP problem at the top of the order. I just think with what realistically could be all or nothing type of production from him, he's more suited to the middle-to-bottom of the order than the top.

[PitchingWinsGames]

I don't think anyone could object to that lineup, though with Fredi, it's entirely likely (as I think has been posted) he'll bat 7th with Paulino behind him

[Party]

Can we try this?

Hanley
Gaby
Hanley
Stanton
Hanley
Stanton
Ross
Pitcher/Amezaga

Yes?

[Mainge]

Yeah, more or less. I want Hanley standing in the on-deck circle for Stanton, not Maybin or Paulino.

The other limiting thing is that we're so married to the idea of Cantu 4th so you're really not looking at lineup protection anywhere else. Sliding Uggla down further would be dumb, Cody 8th would be dumb, so really, if Stanton bats 7th and the lineup stays as is, it's either Maybin or the catcher as his "protection" and that's not what I want.

If we were so afraid to call him up because of the K's, don't we owe it to his development (and by extension our organization) to put him in the best spot to hit the ground running, meaning fastballs in fastball counts. I think so. Granted, MBA's Volstad crush has nothing on my man love for Stanton, but that's another story.

I think lineup protection is vastly overrated.

[emkayseven]

I think he should bat 5th

CC (assuming he continues to hit like he's a major leaguer)
Sanchez
Hanley
Uggla
Stanton
Cantu
Ross
Paulino/Baker
Pitcher

no idea why we love Cantu as a cleanup guy so bad

[Party]

That lineup makes too much sense.

[FishFF]

Wait, what's the issue with Cantu batting cleanup again?

[Mainge]

His OPS is too high.