[Pavlovic] The Opening Day lineup: Lee CF, Soler DH, Wade 1B, Chapman 3B, Yastrzemski RF, Estrada 2B, Conforto LF, Bailey C, Ahmed SS. Webb RHP

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1. This satisfies my Left/Right/Left… OCD itch so good (and Bailey with the clutch alternating hitters save at the end)

2. Soler in the 2 spot. Guess they’re waiting for that power to show up.

3. This is a much more exciting opening day lineup than last year. The hype is real

4. Interesting who is in the 2 hole this season. Seems like BoMel didn’t settle on someone throughout the spring. Wouldn’t mind giving Soler more ABs than the 4 slot for more bombs!

5. |**Player – ZiPS 2024 projection**|**AVG**|**OBP**|**SLG**|**OPS**|**WAR**|
   :–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
   |Jung Hoo Lee, CF|0.288|0.346|0.416|0.762|2.4|
   |Jorge Soler, DH|0.232|0.325|0.443|0.768|1.3|
   |LaMonte Wade Jr., 1B|0.247|0.357|0.417|0.774|1.5|
   |Matt Chapman, 3B|0.241|0.333|0.438|0.771|3.7|
   |Mike Yastrzemski, RF|0.23|0.321|0.427|0.748|1.8|
   |Thairo Estrada, 2B|0.262|0.314|0.398|0.712|1.8|
   |Michael Conforto, LF|0.246|0.338|0.404|0.742|1.1|
   |Patrick Bailey, C|0.226|0.294|0.361|0.655|2.5|
   |Nick Ahmed, SS|0.226|0.294|0.361|0.655|0.8|
   |||||||
   |Luis Matos, OF|0.266|0.325|0.398|0.723|1.4|
   |Marco Luciano, SS|0.215|0.292|0.358|0.65|0.6|

6. Ahmed 😕

7. I love the looks of the starting lineup this year but I would switch Wade out for Flores. Flores was arguably our best hitter last year and much better than Wade

8. HAPPY OPENING DAY EVERYONE! I’m so happy to have baseball back

9. The new LFer every year streak will live on for this year and next. Will it reach 20?

10. Let’s go Giants 👌

11. I really hope Luciano can pull it together and eventually give Ahmed the Casey McGehee treatment.

12. Wilmer Flores is constantly disrespected by this team.

13. Cmon boys. This lineup is fairly good. Get this W

14. I think it sucks that Flores isn’t in the lineup but oh well. Maybe he’ll pinch hit for Wade.

15. I hope Soler gets a HR on opening day. He didn’t have one in the spring.

16. If we suck, at least we have good defense. The defensive lapses over the last few years were nausea inducing.

17. Outside of Yaz, looks like an exciting lineup. Hope it produces runs for Webb today.

18. If theres any way the Giants could win by at least 2 runs, JHL could get 2 bases, plus steal a base today… I’d really appreciate it.

19. Not a terrible lineup! Way better than what I expected two months ago

20. I think if Conforto’s bat doesnt come alive, we could see Soler in LF and Wilmer at DH