I think Sal Perez has the tools and the attitude to be the best catcher ever.

In the history of man? like ever ever?

I think he still has 30-35 potential. The dude can swing it.

I think as long as he stays in the leadoff spot, he'll be a 20 HR type guy. If you push him down the order, he could push up into the high 20s.

Something going wrong elsewhere = Frenchy in right for 160 games

the universe and time and space

Is there a reason why we keep Alex at leadoff or is it simply a mental thing...as in, it works when hitting him 3rd didn't in the past, so why fix what isn't broke?

the reason I ask is because Gordon has 7 bombs this spring...

is it out of the realm of possibility that he's finally relaxed, arrived, and is now ready to rape?

could we see a mega outbreak season of a .320 110 30 100 line?

If so, we'd have to hit him 3rd, right?

Like if he starts out the season with 5 HR's in the first 20 games or so...and is hitting the cover off the ball...doesn't he serve better as our 3 hitter with Billy protecting him in the lineup?

But, who leads off? Escobar?

Maybe, but I really like having Gordon and Butler up in the first inning to maximize their ABs. Plus, Gordon gets on base a ton.

Order doesn't really matter, aside from getting the most ABs for your best hitters.

Ideally it might make sense to hit him lower... but Gordon seems to be pretty comfortable when they slide him into the 1 spot.

Who's getting on base if you put Gordon at 3? I long argued that I'd be fine with Billlaaayyy at 2. The notion of "clogging bases" is complete and total horse shit.

I think the batting order goes 1) Gordon 2) Escobar 3) Moustakas 4) Butler 5) Hosmer 6) Perez 7) Cain 8) Francouer 9) Getz

Perez and Hosmer could potentially switch #s in the batting order.

Butler at 4 makes zero sense to me.