This will be the last game that I watch before opening night on Sunday so I thought I’d write the morning article while I watch the game and see what thoughts pop out and share them spontaneously.
The first thing I notice is the starting lineup of RF Schwarber, 3B Bryant, 1B Rizzo, 2B Baez, C Contreras, LF Happ, CF Almora, P Lester, SS Young.
While the opening day lineup will also contain SS Addison Russell, 2B/OF Ben Zobrist, and OF Jason Heyward, I would guess that 95% of the rest of the teams would take tonight’s starting lineup as their regular roster.