With the news that David Wright is
heading back to New York for a visit to the Hospital for Special Surgery and possible cortisone shot, this had me thinking: What will the 2012 Opening Day lineup look like? (Also, go to that link and look at Jon Heyman's photo. Ha!)
Apparently, nothing like the 2011 one (or 2010, for that matter)!
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| Orange lines show players that appear in both. |
From 2010 to 2011, only one player appeared on both lineups. That player is now a question mark for 2012. So is, obviously, Johan Santana. He's making good progress, sure, but who knows what will happen in the next month. And can Johan go every five days, for more than three innings? Time will tell.
But just look at the turnover from year to year. Rebuilding? Nope. Poor building? Yup.
Wright and Santana could make their OD starts, and that would bring the total of players from last year's lineup up to four. Still not a majority, but still not great.
