Quote from Henry Silvestre on August 2, 2022, 3:20 pm

Quote from fenn68 on August 2, 2022, 3:08 pm

Roster Resource has put Drury in at DH with Bell at 1B ... Myers is on their bench.

Crone at 1B ..Drury 2B or vice versa Bell DH might be best defensive alignment

Quote from BoosterSD on August 2, 2022, 3:27 pm

Quote from Henry Silvestre on August 2, 2022, 3:20 pm

Quote from fenn68 on August 2, 2022, 3:08 pm

Roster Resource has put Drury in at DH with Bell at 1B ... Myers is on their bench.

Crone at 1B ..Drury 2B or vice versa Bell DH might be best defensive alignment

CBS Sports suggested Crone at SS, and Drury at 2B until Tatis return. However, they underestimate Kim.

So I agree, Crone at 1B, Drury at 2B, and Bell DH.

Quote from fenn68 on August 3, 2022, 7:03 am

Quote from BoosterSD on August 2, 2022, 3:27 pm

Quote from Henry Silvestre on August 2, 2022, 3:20 pm

Quote from fenn68 on August 2, 2022, 3:08 pm

Roster Resource has put Drury in at DH with Bell at 1B ... Myers is on their bench.

Crone at 1B ..Drury 2B or vice versa Bell DH might be best defensive alignment

CBS Sports suggested Crone at SS, and Drury at 2B until Tatis return. However, they underestimate Kim.

So I agree, Crone at 1B, Drury at 2B, and Bell DH.

Yeh, Kim has been one of the top hitters in the past 30 days along with elite defense ... he is not being moved off SS prior to Tatis' return ... then probably a big debate.

Quote from fenn68 on August 3, 2022, 7:16 am

Pre-Tatis still has some interesting choices ... first not sure where the Padres would like Bell ... DH makes the most sense based his defensive weakness but DH is somewhere Melvin likes to "rest" starters. Myers knee may be limiting him to 1B/DH but is a better defensive 1B than Bell. Drury has to be in the mix but will not bump Cronenworth or Machado or go to CF. Looks like a lot of mix and match even before Tatis' return.

C: Alfaro / Nola

1B: Bell (#)

2B: Cronenworth (L)

SS: Kim

3B: Machado

LF: Profar (#)

CF: Grisham (L)

RF: Soto (L)

DH/bench: Myers; Drury; Mazara (L); Batten

Some nice LH/RH balance and some position flexibility with the DH/bench options. Does sort of locking Grisham in CF. Inserting Tatis in a few weeks .... could go a lot of ways ... Batten probably optioned. Maybe for the least disruption he goes to DH for 2022?

Quote from BoosterSD on August 3, 2022, 7:17 am

Quote from fenn68 on August 3, 2022, 7:03 am

Yeh, Kim has been one of the top hitters in the past 30 days along with elite defense ... he is not being moved off SS prior to Tatis' return ... then probably a big debate.

That's the elephant in the room, isnt it. Where to put Tatis? My gut says LF, with Profar moving to CF. But Grisham is really coming alive, so? Profar is great in LF defensively, so? How much time does Tatis spend at DH? Tatis to SS, Kim to 2B, and Crone to 1B, with Bell going DH.

Its a great problem to have.

Quote from WindsorUK on August 3, 2022, 7:57 am

Quote from BoosterSD on August 3, 2022, 7:17 am

Quote from fenn68 on August 3, 2022, 7:03 am

Yeh, Kim has been one of the top hitters in the past 30 days along with elite defense ... he is not being moved off SS prior to Tatis' return ... then probably a big debate.

That's the elephant in the room, isnt it. Where to put Tatis? My gut says LF, with Profar moving to CF. But Grisham is really coming alive, so? Profar is great in LF defensively, so? How much time does Tatis spend at DH? Tatis to SS, Kim to 2B, and Crone to 1B, with Bell going DH.

Its a great problem to have.

That'll work!

Quote from BoosterSD on August 3, 2022, 8:04 am

Quote from WindsorUK on August 3, 2022, 7:57 am

Quote from BoosterSD on August 3, 2022, 7:17 am

Quote from fenn68 on August 3, 2022, 7:03 am

Yeh, Kim has been one of the top hitters in the past 30 days along with elite defense ... he is not being moved off SS prior to Tatis' return ... then probably a big debate.

That's the elephant in the room, isnt it. Where to put Tatis? My gut says LF, with Profar moving to CF. But Grisham is really coming alive, so? Profar is great in LF defensively, so? How much time does Tatis spend at DH? Tatis to SS, Kim to 2B, and Crone to 1B, with Bell going DH.

Its a great problem to have.

That'll work!

And I would expect to see Drury in LF, with Profar sliding over to CF against tough LHSP, and saving Grisham for a pinch hit duty.

Quote from Henry Silvestre on August 3, 2022, 8:04 am

Quote from BoosterSD on August 3, 2022, 7:17 am

Quote from fenn68 on August 3, 2022, 7:03 am

Yeh, Kim has been one of the top hitters in the past 30 days along with elite defense ... he is not being moved off SS prior to Tatis' return ... then probably a big debate.

That's the elephant in the room, isnt it. Where to put Tatis? My gut says LF, with Profar moving to CF. But Grisham is really coming alive, so? Profar is great in LF defensively, so? How much time does Tatis spend at DH? Tatis to SS, Kim to 2B, and Crone to 1B, with Bell going DH.

Its a great problem to have.

Kim could be a HUGE trade chip for us in the offseason..will be only making $7mil while being a GG SS for 2023.. cheap cheap..BUT expensive to the Padres where he is more backup 2B/3B/SS than starter with a healthy Tatis and 3  All Stars in front of him... # 3 spec Rosario/Batten and even Howell/Hollis/Leyva(all at AA) could battle it out in ST for Kim's role which becomes more of a 250ABs than 600ABs in 2023..

If we keep Kim then Tatis and Soto cover LF and RF in 23.. or Crone slides to 1B and Kim plays 2B.. if we make a deep run and/or win the WS .. and Kim keeps being Kim in the national stage ..teams will line up to acquire him

Quote from 84padres on August 3, 2022, 11:29 am

I wish Will could hit because he is a pretty good 1B . He made 3 plays in the Double Header that were pretty good to great . I forgot how athletic he is .