Opening day batting order?:
SS Escobar
3B Moose
CF Cain
1B Hosmer
C Salvy
LF Gordon
DH Soler
RF Orlando
2B Mondesi
P Duffy
I bet that's pretty close, maybe Whit plays 2B to start the season?
I don't see Esky leading off, and I don't want Salvy hitting 5th. If the plan is to start Whit a majority of the time at 2nd, then I see...
2B Whit
3B Moose
CF Cain
1B Hos
RF/DH Soler
LF Gordo
C Salvy
RF/DH Paulo or Cuthbert
SS Esky
** Orlando could bat Leadoff when Mondesi plays 2B
If Gordo leads off, I could see Gordo-Moose-Cain-Hos-Soler as the first 5. However Ned probably will hate having our only 3 Lefties hitting in top 4 spots, so then I could see Gordo-Cain-Hos-Soler-Moose as the first 5.