The glaring problem with the lineup posted by Tim is that there is no lead-off hitter. With the current roster, I would probably have the K-Fuk hit leadoff, DLee hit 2 and Soriano hit 3rd. The problem with this lineup is that it probably pisses off all 3 guys, but I think it makes the most sense. If other players are an accurate predition, K-Fuk is probably going to turn into a gap hitter with few ding-dongs. DLee did the same last year. So having them one-two seems ideal to me. However, it presents the problem of Soriano, whose numbers just go to piss outside of the leadoff spot. It scares me that we are paying this guy so much money when he has 115 home runs in the last 3 years, and only 41 have not been solo shots. This takes into account almost 2000 at-bats! Not a small sample size!
So this all leads to the point of the post. The rumors are that the Orioles are going to have a fire sale, and one of their high-paid guys is Brian Roberts. We would probably have to throw them a bone like a Felix Pie and/or Sean Marshall, but with Roberts, I think we would have a championship quality lineup. Of course, their president is none other than Andy Mc"Fail", who is probably still buddies with Jim Hendry. Ironically Andy always said that he would bring a championship to Chicago. Now he finally has a chance that he is working in the American League!
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I agree that there are much better lineup configurations (and once we have made all our moves I'll analyze all of them). My post was what I think the most likely configuration would be. Honestly, I think Soriano is a perfect 4 or 5-hole hitter. No one is a bigger proponent of a high OBP guy in the 1 slot than I am, but if they could have moved Soriano out of the leadoff spot, they would have done it last year. I don't see it happening unless we get a prototypical leadoff guy. Maybe getting Brian Roberts would convince them, but I still don't think that addresses our biggest holes (CF & SS).
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