Lineups Outlook: Rookies on the rise
Jul 25 2025
This week’s post features two rookies moving into prominent spots in the lineup, with pathways toward sustained success in the second half. There will be a bevy of adjustments in two weeks following the trade deadline, but some notes of interest for players on the precipice of more plate appearances will be shared in our stash list.
- How can you not love the “Drake?” Even more alluring, a rookie catcher getting plate appearances at cleanup.
In our post two weeks ago, Marcell Ozuna was profiled as a player being dropped in the lineup. Things have turned for the worse since he’s been losing playing time to his team’s catcher tandem, Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy. Baldwin made his first start hitting fourth on...
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