Orioles 9, Pirates 2

Orioles
1. Alejandro De Aza LF
2. Steve Pearce RF
3. Jimmy Paredes 3B
4. Delmon Young DH
5. Chris Davis 1B
6. Ryan Lavarnway C
7. David Lough CF
8. Everth Cabrera 2B
9. Paul Janish SS
Ubaldo Jimenez RHP
Also scheduled to pitch: Zach Britton, Brad Brach, Wesley Wright.

Yes, no doubt - JHay leads off and I think Cutch -Walk-Marte-Pedro is the middle....BUT i think Cervelli bats 2nd and Polanco 7th based on other lineups I've seen this spring, but what do y'all think?

Cervelli isn't much of a hitter and even less of a runner. Polanco is the easy choice for me.

National Mart of Records,

That's exactly my line-up!
Of course, with Francisco CHAIR-velli in the 8 hole before the pitcher.

I smiled when I saw it today!
I did not smile as I listened to part of game earlier.

I like the righty—lefty—righty—lefty—righty—lefty—righty (Mercer kills lefties) of first 7, plus CHAIR-velli before pitcher.

What the lineup will be is different probably than what people think the lineup SHOULD be.

I tend to like Polanco in the 2 spot but I've heard lots of CH comments about him batting lower in the order....

What I think CH will do:

JHay
Cervelli
Cutch
Walker
Marte
Pedro
Polanco
Mercer

What I would do:
Jhay
Cutch
Walker
Marte
Pedro
Cervelli
Polanco
Mercer

$61m worth of them...stashed in AAA. Totally reasonable.

By all means, let's focus the next CBA on service time issues that impact MAYBE five guys a year.

Did you see Time Warner said they are gonna lose money on their TV deal with Dodgers? Nuts, man.

I'm not nearly smart enough to make informed statements on stuff like this, but it only seemed like a matter of time until these mega deals turned sour.

Wow. I didn't even see they signed Olivera before I wrote that.

Not sure exactly what, but there's something to be said for how much money they've thrown around this winter to players NOT named Russell Martin.

Worst part is, this is just the first wave. There has to be dozens of arms there in the 16-22 age group. Probably more crazy numbers coming. Think it's already pissed off the draft eligible.

Milo,

You still at AMI??

Spring Training doesn't matter, remember?
Just like the Penguins regular season!

I'll be surprised if Jared Hughes is not on big club.
Very, very valuable last year coming into game with men on base.

Home safe and sound Groat. Broadened my horizons this time, finally got to Skinny's. And Jose's of course. The air conditioning was down that day but nobody seemed to care.

The food at Jose's makes any temperature outstanding!

Glad AND sad to see you're back. I smiled as I thought of you making the turn into Jose's. I smiled as I thought of you at AMI. I love that time down there!

I did not have time to make it to Cortez Kitchen for fresh fish this term.