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Dodgers Lineups: Assembling a Functional Batting Order for 2017

The Dodgers finally have their second baseman. With the addition of Logan Forsythe, the infield is finally complete. Manager Dave Roberts has says that he would like to use Forsythe as his primary leadoff batter. So what will the rest of the lineup behind him look like?

Part of the batting order of course depends on who gets the starting jobs in the outfield, other than Joc Pederson. But we can make a preliminary guess as to how the lineup will look on opening day 2017.

  1. Logan Forsythe
  2. Andre Ethier/Yasiel Puig
  3. Justin Turner
  4. Corey Seager
  5. Adrian Gonzalez
  6. Yazmani Grandal
  7. Joc Pederson
  8. Pitcher
  9. Andrew Toles

For this lineup, I have gone on the thought that Andre Ethier will be starting in right field and Andrew Toles will be starting in left, at least against right-handed pitching.