Opening Day Lineups

Previous years opening day lineups are from MLB.com. I think the one for 08 is accurate.*

*Look at me, I’m Joe Posnanski! No, I am not. But I love the Posteriks. Something really crazy about that opening day line up list, Pedro never started opening day in Montreal. Not once. In 1997, Pedro had an ERA+ of over two hundred, which is very good. Jim Bullinger had an ERA+ of 75. Which is not good. Pedro was coming off several good seasons, Bullinger off of several bad ones. Bullinger started opening day. I assume Pedro was injured. I cannot find anything about that, but it seems reasonable. Any other reason seems unreasonable. This probably is not very important, except if Pedro Martinez never started opening day in Montreal, then I would say opening day starts is not a stat that should be bandied about with seriousness when making hall of fame cases.



I have no interesting analysis whatsoever to go along with this. I will say I am glad Termel Sledge left the team and did not become a super star. If he had, how would I have chosen between the equally righteous “The Termelator” and “Sledgehammer” nicknames I had thought up.

I think we have the best number 8 hitter yet this year.

2005
Name/Pos/BA/OBP/Slg/AB

1. Brad Wilkerson CF .248/.351/.405/565 AB
2. Cristian Guzman 2B I will not write these numbers.
3. Jose Vidro 2B .275/.339./.424/309 AB
4. Jose Guillen RF .283/.338/.479/551 AB
5. Nick Johnson 1B .289/.408/.479/453 AB
6. Vinny Castilla 3B .253/.319/.403/494 AB
7. Terrmel Sledge LF .243/.348/.378/37 AB
8. Brian Schneider C .268/.330/.409/369 AB
9. Livan Hernandez RHP

2006
Name Pos.
1. Brandon Watson CF 28 AB does not make judgment reasonable.
2. Jose Vidro 2B .289/.348/.395/463 AB
3. Jose Guillen RF .216/.276/.398/241 AB
4. Nick Johnson 1B .290/.428/.520/500 AB
5. Alfonso Soriano LF .277/.351/.560/647 ab
6. Ryan Zimmerman 3B .287/.351/.471/614 AB
7. Royce Clayton SS .269/.315/.348/305 AB
8. Brian Schneider C .265/.329/.329/410 AB
9. Livan Hernandez RHP

2007
Name Pos.

1. Felipe Lopez 2B .245/.308/.352 608 AB
2. Cristian Guzman SS .328/.280/.466 174 AB
3. Ryan Zimmerman 3B .266/.330/.458 653 AB
4. Austin Kearns RF .266/.355/.411 587 AB
5. Dmitri Young 1B .320/.378/.491 460 AB
6. Brian Schneider C .235/.326/.336 408 AB
7. Ryan Church LF .272/.349/.464 470 AB
8. Nook Logan CF .265/.304/.345 Way too many.*
9. John Patterson RHP

2008
Maybe I will put up Pecota for these guys? I dunno.

1. Christian Guzman SS
2. Lasting Milledge, CF
3. Ryan Zimmerman 3B
4. Johnson 1B
5. Kearns RF
6. Dukes LF
7. Lo Du,C
8. Belliard 2B
9. Odalis Perez LHP



*Why couldn't we have given Watson a year in center. Just one simple year.