And this is why Yost is going to eventually be fired. To his credit, he's learned several lessons from his failures. Lineup construction - which is admittedly overrated - and in-game tactics will continue to dog him. He simply has no "feel" for those types of things. Escobar should never bat anywhere other than last until or unless he proves he can take a walk OR hit above .300 consistently.

1st base doesn't really count as a defensive position. If a guy is 17 and the thought is that he's either a LF or a 1B, they really don't have a true defensive position.

Duenez has a small chance of sticking in LF, but most think he's 1B only.

Not sure you understood. Infante isn't in Milwaukee, so Yost decided to replace him with Escobar.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>That last RT is just a spectacular display of wrong. Too many jokes to choose just one, but Yost really wants to bat MLB&#39;s worst hitter 2nd.</p>&mdash; Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/mellinger/statuses/449666235689472000">March 28, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>If you or someone you know loves Ned Yost, talk some sense into him. I know the Royals watch this account. Someone help him.</p>&mdash; Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/mellinger/statuses/449666452455321600">March 28, 2014</a></blockquote>
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There is no excuse for having a .240 hitter batting 2nd over a proven, consistent hitter in Infante. Completely stupid.

I think I've written 100 posts pushing back against lineup overreactions. The order for #2-#5 or #3-#6 shouldn't matter, but this is too much.

You put your bad hitters #8 and #9 for one simple reason: you don't want them to bat more often than they have to. Putting your #9 at #2 is stupid unless he's some OBP freak with infield dirt power (which isn't Escobar), and even then its very questionable.

Is a spring training lineup where the projected #2 hitter is injured such a big deal?

He's not batting 2nd instead of Infante.

Infante is in Arizona, and Yost is bumping Escobar up to #2 to replace him.

Obviously what he should do is bat Gordon 2nd when Infante is not playing, but Escobar should be safely at the bottom if Infante is healthy.

I figured that's what it was for, but judging by the tweets, it wasn't made perfectly clear.

If it carries over into the regular season where we have a legitimate shot to contend in a tight race, then yes.

Infante has been #2 all spring, and Yost has said many, many times that he's going Aoki-Infante at the top.

So, if Infante is healthy (knock on wood), then we have nothing to worry about, but batting Escobar 2nd if Infante is not available is so stupid, it warrants a big twitter reaction.

If nothing else, we now have another reason to care a lot about Infante's elbow.

Escobar should never bat higher than 9th

No sense at all to this.

Yeah I know that, but I don't get people who freak out about something like this. The other day Dyson played DH. I just don't see anything wrong with freaky spring training lineups.