tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post4581159684809240297..comments2024-01-23T08:03:30.875-05:00Comments on The Southpaw: Back on the Snide(r)!The Southpawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-47987055567675641612011-07-04T12:55:19.328-04:002011-07-04T12:55:19.328-04:00Gotta say, "blocking" Jesse Litsch made ...Gotta say, "blocking" Jesse Litsch made me LOL.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271534213351978408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-67929462873447903232011-07-04T04:02:06.782-04:002011-07-04T04:02:06.782-04:00My thinking is that when Lawrie is ready for the m...My thinking is that when Lawrie is ready for the majors, health and otherwise, that you take whatever is left of the season (hopefully 6-8 weeks) and run this out every day:<br /><br />Escobar - SS<br />Lawrie - 3B<br />Lind - 1B<br />Bautista - RF<br />Snider - CF<br />Arencibia - C<br />Thames - LF<br />Loewen - DH<br />Hill - 2B<br /><br />Bench: JMac, Molina, Davis, Cooper<br /><br />EE would be dealt, waived, whatever. I'd look for opportunities to get Cooper in the lineup by working Loewen into the outfield and 1B from time to time, but it's more urgent we know whether Loewen is a keeper than it is Cooper.<br /><br />I see Loewen as a DH/reserve 1B/reserve OF on next years team, sort of like a Matt Stairs kind of role in which he could maybe push 400 AB.<br /><br />I kinda think that unless Snider is HORRIBLE in CF they ought to try to make it work at least one more year. Then they'd have a better idea how far Gose was away. <br /><br />Unless of course someone blows them away with an offer for one of Snider or Thames, but I'm a sucker for the home grown prospect and unless the return is "can't say no" I'm a fan of trying hard to make it work.The Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978086362601077757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015756050247283814.post-87840229587050268142011-07-04T03:04:14.924-04:002011-07-04T03:04:14.924-04:00With Snider coming back up, Thames proving himself...With Snider coming back up, Thames proving himself capable, and Bautista eventually being forced back to right by Lawrie, we may soon have something of a logjam in the outfield. To make things more complicated, Adam Loewen has been hitting extremely well the past two months in Vegas, and the Jays should probably see what they have in him before the season is out.<br /><br />For the time being Snider & Thames can take two-thirds of the outfield, but unless Snider takes to CF, we won't be able to keep everyone in the lineup when Lawrie comes up.gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14807352308804721979noreply@blogger.com