ALCS Game 5 is in a couple of hours and the lineups are in.
The weird thing: Melvin Upton Jr. is in the game . . . as the DH. Why he’s not in the outfield and Jose Bautista DHing I have no idea. Bautista has DH’d a decent amount this year and he is an inferior defender to Upton. Maybe Bautista just hates DHing? Beats the heck out of me, but we’ll assume John Gibbons knows what he’s doing . . . unless it backfires and then we’ll give him hell for it. That’s how we roll as sports fans.
Anyway:
INDIANS
1. Carlos Santana (S) 1B
2. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
3. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
4. Mike Napoli (R) DH
5. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B
6. Lonnie Chisenhall (L) RF
7. Coco Crisp (S) LF
8. Tyler Naquin (L) CF
9. Roberto Perez (R) C
BLUE JAYS
1. Jose Bautista (R) RF
2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
3. Edwin Encarnacion (R) 1B
4. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS
5. Russell Martin (R) C
6. Melvin Upton Jr. (R) DH
7. Ezequiel Carrera (L) LF
8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF
9. Darwin Barney (R) 2B