Projecting The 2010 Red Sox Lineup: No. 7

by Randy Booth on Feb 26, 2010 12:00 PM EST in News

[UPDATE, 9:11 a.m.] Poll closes at 10 a.m. Get a crackin', Mike Cameron fans.

It was another close race, but Adrian Beltre slipped in front of J.D. Drew to take the No. 6 spot.

Only three spots remain and this is how the lineup looks:

Who bats seventh?

Poll

Who should bat seventh for the Red Sox in 2010?

J.D. Drew

454 votes

Mike Cameron

75 votes

Marco Scutaro

22 votes

551 votes | Poll has closed

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As of my vote

JD has 100%. The poll should be ended right now, he’s obviously dominating. ;)

If I was your math homework I'd be really hard and you'd be doing me on your desk.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.

by TheLoneDavid on Feb 26, 2010 12:01 PM EST reply actions

yup

he is good.

by celtsfan1 on Feb 26, 2010 12:05 PM EST reply actions

I should've voted Cameron in protest.

But I didn’t.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010 12:10 PM EST reply actions

Write-in for Enrico Palazzo!

by RSNexile on Feb 26, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions

Should have voted Lowrie

Because that pic is there, of course.

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by Randy Booth on Feb 26, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions

Tall, lanky

Looks like JD to me.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

by 0157H7 on Feb 26, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, that's definitely Drew.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010 12:26 PM EST up reply actions

His face is too calm and expressionless. It’s like he’s delivering a monotonous earnings report, not playing baseball. And look at how lazy his arms are; not a hint of passion. It’s like Microsoft Excel personified.

But the No. 1 sign that it is NOT Jed Lowrie, is that his shirt is SPOTLESS. Not a speck of dirt. Only JD Drew could be so clean, so thoroughly dirt-doggedless.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

by 0157H7 on Feb 26, 2010 12:30 PM EST up reply actions

And before you ask

JD is fielding infield grounders because he’s too lazy to even go out to the outfield during spring training. Slacker.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

by 0157H7 on Feb 26, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions

I figured it was a picture from 2009

Where we were so desperate at SS that we were going to have Drew play midway between right and SS, and hope the umps would let us bat him twice.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Obviously not Lowrie

There is no indication that his wrist is as brittle as an 85-year old lifelong compulsive masturbator with osteoperosis who is allergic to dairy.

Rock me, sexy Jesus...

by nuthinboutnuthin on Feb 26, 2010 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

LMAO

made my day.

Whoever said it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, probably lost.

by David Harnden on Feb 26, 2010 2:30 PM EST up reply actions

It’s like Microsoft Excel personified.

ha, nice

Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

by DougieWentDeep on Feb 26, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

You sons-a-biotches...

I’m going to slap you both silly.

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by Randy Booth on Feb 26, 2010 12:30 PM EST up reply actions

Heh.

I don’t think lack of silliness is the problem.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

by 0157H7 on Feb 26, 2010 1:53 PM EST up reply actions

nope

agree and be happy right!!

by celtsfan1 on Feb 26, 2010 12:13 PM EST reply actions

Hey, look, Steelersfamily7 is back.

And we didn’t even ban him here. Only CelticsBlog did, amazingly enough.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010 12:21 PM EST up reply actions

LOL

by mmmmm on Feb 26, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions

Like I said

I’m really surprised you didn’t.

If I was your math homework I'd be really hard and you'd be doing me on your desk.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.

by TheLoneDavid on Feb 26, 2010 7:28 PM EST up reply actions

haha

Drew should be fine in the 7 hole. Until he gets hurt.

by celtsfan1 on Feb 26, 2010 12:25 PM EST reply actions

Name all the Red Sox players who have played more games for the Red Sox since Drew has been here.

Hint: There are only 3, and one of them is a first baseman and another is a DH.

by mmmmm on Feb 26, 2010 5:52 PM EST up reply actions

Ben

U think anyone will give me credit for the celtics blogs. Since i was completely right. Now everyone is agreeing with me.

by celtsfan1 on Feb 26, 2010 12:27 PM EST reply actions

Eh. Doc is a contentious issue over there.

It doesn’t help that your solutions of playing Williams and Landry (who both suck) makes no sense, and that Perk is, in fact, very good and could have helped both the offense and defense if Doc would actually play him more than 10 minutes. Instead, we got Davis getting blocked and setting moving screens again. Meh.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions

Of course, that's neither here nor there, so take it up on CelticsBlog.

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by Ben Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions

Mwahahaha

Jon McDonald tweet

Che-Hsuan Lin lined two back to the pitcher’s screen off Beckett.

I know it’s just spring training blah blah but this kid is special, this is the year he’ll rocket through the charts…Watch out.

"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur

by radiohix on Feb 26, 2010 1:00 PM EST reply actions

Okie dokie.

Still waiting for him to make contact.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Feb 26, 2010 1:04 PM EST up reply actions

I'm pretty sure at this juncture the pitchers are

calling out the pitch type and location.

Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by CasanovaWong on Feb 26, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions

Haters

"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur

by radiohix on Feb 26, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions

Hah, I'm actually suprised

to hear Beckett didn’t brush him back after Lin hit a few rockets back up the middle.

Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.

by CasanovaWong on Feb 26, 2010 4:10 PM EST up reply actions

Heh

I guess he’s scared that he threw the ball back at him: He has a better arm and Beckett, like every base runner in the Carolina league, knows that ;)

"That was a lot of fun… You just keep pounding balls into the gap. The one thing you don’t want to do is hit a home run. That’s a rally-killer." Jeff Francoeur

by radiohix on Feb 26, 2010 4:36 PM EST up reply actions

I dunno

Maybe he just hates Beckett.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea /
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown /
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.

by 0157H7 on Feb 26, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions

WHAT?!

NO LOVE FOR MARCO?!

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by Randy Booth on Feb 26, 2010 2:37 PM EST reply actions

Marco

I love Marco but in the 9 hole

by celtsfan1 on Feb 26, 2010 3:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

There must be something horribly wrong with me

Because that made me mind-gag.

If I was your math homework I'd be really hard and you'd be doing me on your desk.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.

by TheLoneDavid on Feb 26, 2010 4:09 PM EST up reply actions

What about

Drew as #9 to put some speed on before Ellsbury?

by goirish192 on Feb 26, 2010 5:00 PM EST reply actions

really

was gonna try to make an arguement that drew should be clean up hahaha

by celtsfan1 on Feb 26, 2010 5:34 PM EST up reply actions

I didn't vote

couldn’t vote for Lowrie

by drabidea on Feb 26, 2010 7:28 PM EST reply actions

dont like the lineup so far

I’m a big fan of alternating lefties and righties. I would prefer this lineup so far, and the end is obviously predictable: 1. Ellsbury, 2. Pedroia, 3. Youk, 4. V-Mart, 5. JD Drew, 6. Beltre, 7. Ortiz,

by koopz42 on Feb 26, 2010 9:06 PM EST reply actions

well the OTM lineup sofar has LRSRLRL

so never 2 of the same after each other while you have LRRSLRL back to back righties in 2 and 3, although they have almost no LR splits to be fair. But your argument is actually not existent.

by German Red Sox Fan on Feb 26, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions

Why Drew in the 3 or 5 hole?

Why do some people believe that drew should be in the 3 or 5? What is wrong with you people? Get real, drew is declining. He is good but why dont you look at whats best for the team instead of looking at past performances.

by Drew P on Feb 26, 2010 9:19 PM EST reply actions

It is by measuring the past that we can predict the future.

Not sure who first said that, but it wasn’t me.

If I was your math homework I'd be really hard and you'd be doing me on your desk.
I'm a 7 WAR player in bed.

by TheLoneDavid on Feb 26, 2010 11:38 PM EST up reply actions

What decline?

His offensive numbers have been relatively consistent—and near the top of MLB for OFs. Both his 2008 and 2009 numbers were in fact better than his 2006 and 2007 numbers.

The evidence for a decline just isn’t there.

by lone1c on Feb 27, 2010 12:04 AM EST up reply actions