According to Kevin Burkhardt of SNY.TV, Jerry Manuel has named Gary Matthews JR. the starting center fielder over Angel Pagan. Matthews will start in centerfield tomorrow and hit sixth. This is the lineup for tomorrows game:
1) Alex Cora
2) Luis Castillo
3) David Wright
4) Mike Jacobs
5) Jason Bay
6) Gary Matthews JR
7) Jeff Francoeur
8) Rod Barajas
9) Johan Santana
Now lets compare this lineup to the Mets Opening Day order last year against the Reds:
1) Jose Reyes
2) Daniel Murphy
3) David Wright
4) Carlos Delgado
5) Carlos Beltran
6) Ryan Church
7) Brian Schneider
8) Luis Castillo
9) Johan Santana
WOW, only 3 players in the lineup this year were in the lineup last year( Wright, Castillo, Santana ) But that is not always a bad thing. I like the order going into tomorrow just wish Reyes, and Beltran could play; and i guess Murphy. My only question is why is Alex Cora batting lead off when Luis Castillo has had an amazing on base percentage for the past few seasons.
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