This is an MLB Lineup??????

Jumping straight in to the way Bochy runs a lineup. How on earth do you start Miguel Tejada.....EVER?!?!? He's 217 years past his prime, no range and can't even make a productive out (no problem making unproductive outs). How does he not come up with a "lower body injury" and be DL'd for the next 6 months and become a special assistant to Sabean? Sounds perfect, Sabes can have the past his prime SS he covets so much at his beck and call. Problem solved. So what's the answer to Tejada you ask.....Orlando Cabrera. Sabean managed to find a SS with a worse bat than Tejada and a worse glove than Brandon Crawford. If the Giants SS is gonna be an automatic out, shouldn't he be able to pick it? Crawford has an MLB ready glove no doubt. Put him in the 7th spot in the lineup and let him figure it out....oh wait, Bochy REFUSES to give rookies consistent time (see the yo-yo that is Brandon Belt, who has a HR for every time he's been brought up to the majors).

So back to the lineup. Whatever photos or videos Rowand has of Bochy with some dirty birdie on the road I really wish he would just give them back. If Beltran is healthy, Rowand should get 1 start a week, tops. Ross sees most of the time in center, Nate in LF and Carlos in RF. Belt could still get 3 starts a week in the OF and spelling Huff at 1B. With Los on the DL, Belt should see all of his AB's. Rowand is and will always be a backup. With all the hitting he does before/after the game, he'll stay plenty sharp. And Ross needs the AB's to be what he is.....a guy who hits .250-.260 and hits 20 bombs a year. His slugging % will be on the higher side and he plays solid defense most of the time (despite the throw during the Cubs series). Nate has earned every AB he's gotten thus far. It's a shame Bochy took the best RF in the NL and put him in left when they traded for Los (Pretty sure that was more of Beltran telling Bochy he was playing RF and only RF), but Nate is a starting MLB OF and he's proved it.

So that's just the OF and the SS position. You ask me (and no one is), Nate, Ross and Beltran (Belt while Los is DL'd) in the OF and Crawford back at SS. The Cabrera trade was an abortion and unnecessary. Almost as bad as the Tejada signing. Since we won't have Crawford until Sept. 1 and he won't play when they do bring him up, can we put Keppinger (who played SS for Houston) at SS and Fontenot at 2B?