Pirates @ Detroit 4/17 6:40 start

DemDog · Post by **DemDog** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:18 pm

1. Adam Frazier (L) 2B

2. Starling Marte (R) CF

3. Colin Moran (L) 1B

4. Josh Bell (S) DH

5. Melky Cabrera (S) RF

6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C

7. Jung Ho Kang (R) 3B

8. Jason Martin (L) LF

9. Erik Gonzalez (R) SS

Trevor Williams on the mound.

SammyKhalifa · Post by **SammyKhalifa** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:25 pm

Good looking lineup for our second place Pirates.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:36 pm

I am glad they moved Cervelli down to #6 , he has been seriously struggling at the plate. I am pleased Hurdle is starting Martin as well.

OrlandoMerced · Post by **OrlandoMerced** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:17 pm

Moran at 3...yikes.

Otherwise, looks good.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:41 pm

112C323F303A31133B2C3D3B3A5E0 wrote: Moran at 3...yikes.

Otherwise, looks good.
I guess Moran's as good as any. Other than Bell and Cabrera now, they have no one who belongs in the 3-4-5 slot. Cervelli was batting there while hitting below the Mendoza line. Hopefully Kang will break out of his slump. Otherwise until Dickerson and/or Polanco return, there's no 3rd legit candidate to include in the 3-4-5 part of the order.

notes34 · Post by **notes34** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:01 pm

4A676A7B7C6D7A3A39080 wrote: Moran at 3...yikes.

Otherwise, looks good.
I guess Moran's as good as any. Other than Bell and Cabrera now, they have no one who belongs in the 3-4-5 slot. Cervelli was batting there while hitting below the Mendoza line. Hopefully Kang will break out of his slump. Otherwise until Dickerson and/or Polanco return, there's no 3rd legit candidate to include in the 3-4-5 part of the order.

Yeah I guess. I would probably keep running Kang out there in the 3 or 4 hole just because of the power potential.

fjk090852-7 · Post by **fjk090852-7** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:00 pm

46475C4D5B1B1C280 wrote: Moran at 3...yikes.

Otherwise, looks good.
I guess Moran's as good as any. Other than Bell and Cabrera now, they have no one who belongs in the 3-4-5 slot. Cervelli was batting there while hitting below the Mendoza line. Hopefully Kang will break out of his slump. Otherwise until Dickerson and/or Polanco return, there's no 3rd legit candidate to include in the 3-4-5 part of the order.

Yeah I guess. I would probably keep running Kang out there in the 3 or 4 hole just because of the power potential.
They could lead off Martin, and then drop everyone down one slot. The first three would be Martin, Frazier and Marte.

rucker59@gmail.com · Post by **rucker59@gmail.com** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:13 pm

Regardless of the order, I LIKE the lineup!

skinnyhorse · Post by **skinnyhorse** » Wed Apr 17, 2019 11:21 pm

Can the Pirates overcome Hurdle? No he will cost us games and has cost us games already this year. Sometimes his crazy stuff works but mostly it's dumb luck if it does. He'll pull his typical I'm going to do this no matter how stupid it is and it will cost us 3 or 4 games but then there's that make or break game like we had last year with the Cardinals toward the end of August where the Cardinals weren't playing good and we weren't either and he just gave them the game after competing the entire game and he just quit trying to win the game. It turned the Cards year around and we went south from that point on. It has happened the last couple of years maybe not exactly like that but he'll just think a game isn't worth fighting for and give a game or two away and the team just quits. It will happen again this year most likely and we can't overcome the great Clint Hurdle.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:51 am

Crick looked good.