Projected Lineups For AL East & NL East Clubs
We’re now one week away from official MLB games. On July 23rd, two games will be played — Yankees at Nationals, 7pm ET; Giants at Dodgers, 10pm ET — on ESPN, followed by 14 games on July 24th. In the meantime, teams will play a few exhibition games to get ready for the 60-game season.
Below, we projected the lineups for all AL East & NL East ball clubs, including two key bench players for each team.
American League East
Baltimore
1: Austin Hays, CF
2: Anthony Santander, LF
3: Chris Davis, 1B
4: Renato Nunez, DH
5: Rio Ruiz, 3B
6: Chance Sisco, C
7: Hanser Alberto, 2B
8: DJ Stewart, RF
9: José Iglesias, SS
Key Bench:
1: Stevie Wilkerson, UT
2: Pedro Severino, C
Boston
1: Andrew Benintendi, LF
2: Xander Bogaerts, SS
3: Rafael Devers, 3B
4: J.D. Martinez, DH
5: Alex Verdugo, RF
6: Christian Vazquez, C
7: Mitch Moreland, 1B
8: Jose Peraza, 2B
9: Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
Key Bench:
1: Kevin Pillar, OF
2: Michael Chavis, UT
NY Yankees
1: DJ LeMahieu, 2B
2: Aaron Judge, RF
3: Gleyber Torres, SS
4: Giancarlo Stanton, DH
5: Gary Sanchez, C
6: Brett Gardner, LF
7: Luke Voit, 1B
8: Aaron Hicks, CF
9: Gio Urshela, 3B
Key Bench:
1: Miguel Andújar, 3B
2: Mike Tauchman, OF
Tampa Bay
1: Austin Meadows, RF
2: Yandy Díaz, 3B
3: Ji-Man Choi, 1B
4: Hunter Renfroe, LF
5: Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, DH
6: Brandon Lowe, 2B
7: Mike Zunino, C
8: Kevin Kiermaier, CF
9: Willy Adames, SS
Key Bench:
1: Manuel Margot, OF
2: Joey Wendle, UT
Toronto
1: Bo Bichette, SS
2: Cavan Biggio, 2B
3: Lourdes Gurriel Jr., LF
4: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B
5: Teoscar Hernández, RF
6: Randal Grichuk, CF
7: Travis Shaw, 3B
8: Rowdy Tellez, DH
9: Danny Jansen, C
Key Bench:
1: Joe Panik, 2B
2: Reese McGuire, C
National League East
Atlanta
1: Ronald Acuña Jr., RF
2: Ozzie Albies, 2B
3: Freddie Freeman, 1B
4: Marcell Ozuna, DH
5: Adam Duvall, UT
6: Travis d’Arnaud, C
7: Johan Camargo, 3B
8: Dansby Swanson, SS
9: Ender Inciarte, CF
Key Bench:
1: Tyler Flowers, C
2: Adeiny Hechavarria, UT
Miami
1: Jonathan Villar, CF
2: Brian Anderson, 3B
3: Corey Dickerson, LF
4: Jesus Aguilar, 1B
5: Matt Joyce, RF
6: Garrett Cooper, DH
7: Jorge Alfaro, C
8: Miguel Rojas, SS
9: Jon Berti, 2B
Key Bench:
1: Isan Diaz, 2B
2: Lewis Brinson, CF
NY Mets
1: Jeff McNeil, 3B
2: Pete Alonso, 1B
3: Michael Conforto, RF
4: J.D. Davis, LF
5: Robinson Cano, 2B
6: Yoenis Céspedes, DH
7: Brandon Nimmo, CF
8: Wilson Ramos, C
9: Amed Rosario, SS
Key Bench:
1: Jake Marisnick, OF
2: Dominic Smith, 1B/OF
Philadelphia
1: Andrew McCutchen, LF
2: Jean Segura, 3B
3: Bryce Harper, RF
4: Rhys Hoskins, 1B
5: J.T. Realmuto, C
6: Jay Bruce, DH
7: Scott Kingery, 2B
8: Didi Gregorius, SS
9: Adam Haseley, CF
Key Bench:
1: Josh Harrison, UT
2: Neil Walker, UT
Washington
1: Trea Turner, SS
2: Adam Eaton, RF
3: Juan Soto, LF
4: Eric Thames, 1B
5: Howie Kendrick, DH
6: Starlin Castro, 2B
7: Kurt Suzuki C
8: Victor Robles, CF
9: Carter Kieboom, 3B
Key Bench:
1: Asdrubal Cabrera, UT
2: Michael Taylor, OF
(h/t MLB.com, NBC Sports)