Interesting, Angel Pagan is hitting third tonight behind Jose Reyes and Luis Castillo. Presumably, that’s because weak-hitting catcher Henry Blanco is in the line-up batting eighth.
Here’s the batting order:
Jose Reyes, SS
Luis Castillo, 2B
Angel Pagan, RF
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, CF
Ike Davis, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Henry Blanco, C
Johan Santana, LP
As promised, Jerry Manuel is sitting his Killer B’s: Jason Bay, Carlos Beltran and Rod Barajas are all on the bench for tonight’s game at Los Angeles.
No real surprises. I thought Barajas might play because he homered last night and tends to hit them in bunches. But, Manuel did go to bat to keep Josh Thole so he might as well play.
Here’s tonight’s lineup:
Jose Reyes, SS
Angel Pagan, CF
David Wright, 3B
Ike Davis, 1B
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Chris Carter, LF
Josh Thole, C
Luis Castillo, 2B
Hisanori Takahashi, LP
Josh Thole stays, in part because of his offense, but sits tonight. What a shock. Alex Cora in at second, which I have no problem with. Every time he plays Cora does something positive.
Here’s tonight’s lineup at Arizona:
Jose Reyes, SS
Angel Pagan, RF
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, CF
Ike Davis, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Rod Barajas, C
Alex Cora, 2B
Jon Niese, LP
Tonight’s lineup at Arizona
Jose Reyes, SS
Angel Pagan, RF
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, CF
Ike Davis, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Josh Thole, C
Luis Castillo, 2B
RA Dickey, RP
Notes: Expect Oliver Perez to be activated soon. Most likely Josh Thole or Justin Turner will be optioned to make room for him. Manuel would like to keep Thole on the roster. Manuel said Perez would initially work out of the bullpen. … Hisanori Takahashi is still on to start Thursday’s game at Los Angeles. As of now there are no plans to bring up Pat Misch.
Carlos Beltran will have the afternoon off but is available to pinch-hit.
Here’s today’s lineup:
Angel Pagan, CF
Justin Turner, 2B
David Wright, 3B
Jason Bay, LF
Ike Davis, 1B
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Henry Blanco, C
Ruben Tejada, SS
Johan Santana, LP
