FanPost

2009 Lineup

Just got to thinking about the Jays 2009 lineup and assuming no FAs are signed or trades are made they go into Spring Training looking like this:

LF Lind or Snider

CF Wells

RF Rios

3B Rolen

SS Scutaro

2B Hill

1B Overbay

C Barajas

DH Lind or Snider

So how do those starters figure to make the batting order?  One glaring hole from last season was the lack of a true leadoff hitter and that still exists.  Here's what I'd like to see the batting order look like:

Overbay

Hill

Rios

Wells

Lind

Snider

Rolen

Scutaro

Barajas

 

I know Overbay lacks the speed of a true leadoff hitter but he has the batting eye and OBP to be effective in the role (more effective then anyone else in the lineup)...the 5-6-7 hitters are pretty interchangeable if Rolen is health and producing he could be #5 but I'd like to see what the youngsters can do in important spots in the order too...

Thoughts?

Editor's Note: This is a FanPost written by a reader and member of Bluebird Banter. It was not commissioned by the editors and is not necessarily reflective of the opinions of Bluebird Banter or SB Nation.