Enter the Rendon - Grin for the Win

[ZimW1N]

Line up is out and Rendon is batting 2nd.

CF Denard Span (L)
2B Anthony Rendon (R)
3B Yunel Escobar (R)
RF Bryce Harper (L)
1B Ryan Zimmerman (R)
SS Ian Desmond (R)
C Jose Lobaton (S)
LF Michael Taylor (R)
P Gio Gonzalez (L)

I would've liked to see Rendon and Escobar flipped and let Espinosa try his hand at LF but this seems like a decentish lineup.

[Truconfidence]

Sticking someone in LF midseason doesn't seem feasible.

[ZimW1N]

Sticking someone in LF midseason doesn't seem feasible.

Lomardozzi and Zimmerman did it successfully or neither has the range and arm Espinosa has.

[imref]

anyone know why Rendon is moving back to 2nd?  Does the team feel that Escobar is the better defender?

[mitlen]

anyone know why Rendon is moving back to 2nd?  Does the team feel that Escobar is the better defender?

Maybe they're going slow and doing one step at a time.    IMO 3rd is more intense than second.    Get him hitting then turn him onto the hot corner.

[Slateman]

FFS get Desmond out of the game

[varoadking]

anyone know why Rendon is moving back to 2nd?  Does the team feel that Escobar is the better defender?

Escobar really hasn't played second base all year...it's an easier transition for Ant'ony, who has been playing second in his rehab assigment....

[3bside]

Escobar played something like 3 games at second in Spring training and wasn't very good.  He would be a huge liability at second at this point.

[mitlen]

Escobar played something like 3 games at second in Spring training and wasn't very good.  He would be a huge liability at second at this point.

Put Rendon at 3rd, Espinosa at 2nd and Escobar at short.     

[varoadking]

Put Rendon at 3rd, Espinosa at 2nd and Escobar at short.     

May as well...that is likely the 2016 starting infield alignment anyway...

[Slateman]

May as well...that is likely the 2016 starting infield alignment anyway...

Naw, Escobar will stay at third. Espi's biggest value would be at short

[varoadking]

Naw, Escobar will stay at third. Espi's biggest value would be at short

The other two are more valuable at Short and 3rd...3Kespi is capable at 2nd...especially if his bat keeps playing as it has.

I'd be happy to make that switch now and unload E-in...he's a lead weight...

[Truconfidence]

Lomardozzi and Zimmerman did it successfully or neither has the range and arm Espinosa has.

Zimmerman spent all his rehab time playing it. Lombardozzi had played it before in life. Espinosa has spent 0 time working on it.

[Natsinpwc]

ok, hows about E-IN to LF??

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Desi seems to have a tougher time adjusting to new situations.  His average and power numbers seem better at #2. I don't know if that is just 2012 affecting that.  He had a hard time in right, if I remember.  With Desi, you take the good with the bad. You know his bat will carry you for stretches, and as long as he's not in a fielding funk, you probably have to keep running him out there at SS.  Danny will have to be the flexible one, cycling through 3 or 4 positions to get his 2 or 3 starts a week.  Figure 40-50 more starts and 150- 200 more plate appearances.  Not that anyone here would have wanted that at the start of the year.

[Natsinpwc]

Desi seems to have a tougher time adjusting to new situations.  His average and power numbers seem better at #2. I don't know if that is just 2012 affecting that.  He had a hard time in right, if I remember.  With Desi, you take the good with the bad. You know his bat will carry you for stretches, and as long as he's not in a fielding funk, you probably have to keep running him out there at SS.  Danny will have to be the flexible one, cycling through 3 or 4 positions to get his 2 or 3 starts a week.  Figure 40-50 more starts and 150- 200 more plate appearances.  Not that anyone here would have wanted that at the start of the year.

You may be right.  This year with Desi it's taking the bad with the worse.  Or as a friend says, he seems to be a shell of his former shell!

[aussienatsfan]

FFS get Desmond out of the game

I'd prefer Danny at short

[ZimW1N]

Zimmerman spent all his rehab time playing it. Lombardozzi had played it before in life. Espinosa has spent 0 time working on it.

Wow Zimmerman play 3 whole games in left before he did it in the majors...

If Dunn can do it anyone can

[whytev]

I would've liked to see Rendon and Escobar flipped and let Espinosa try his hand at LF but this seems like a decentish lineup.

If you're going to send an infielder out to LF, send Desmond there, for the love of Jebus.

[Slateman]

If you're going to send an infielder out to LF, send Desmond there, for the love of Jebus.

No, send Desmond to the bench

[ZimW1N]

If you're going to send an infielder out to LF, send Desmond there, for the love of Jebus.

Realistically Desmond will never be moved from short; not saying it should be that way but it is

[JCA-CrystalCity]

No, send Desmond to the bench

send desmond down the well

[WashingtonWizards23]

I want to see Rendon at shortstop. 

[mimontero88]

Had the bat taken out of his hands.  Shame because driving in the tying run would have capped a really nice day back.

[Optics]

2-4 in his return game. Probably ties the game too if Robinson doesn't get picked off like a 'tard(IIRC that last pitch was a ball that would have given him a 3-1 count).