PT TOMORROW: AL East—Show and Tellez: Breadcrumbs from early spring TOR lineups
Mar 13 2021
While it might be dangerous to put too much stock in spring training lineups, it feels like Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo could be dropping a few breadcrumbs that may end up having fantasy implications.
For one thing, Cavan Biggio (3B, TOR) has tended to appear in the lower half of the lineup. For example, in a March 11 lineup that appeared to be a reasonable facsimile of what Toronto might trot out on Opening Day—absent Lourdes Gurriel (OF, TOR)—Biggio was slotted seventh.
If such a batting order position persisted over a full season, it could tamp down Biggio’s counting stats. Some analysts have also theorized that Biggio may be among the players most affected by MLB’s plan to use more a 5-percent-more “dead” ball...
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