What do u think of this 1986 lineup (no DH)

[schrahas]

L.Smith .287
W.Boggs.357
D.Mattingly.352
J.Barfield.289
H.Brooks.340
D.Tartabull.270
D.Gladden.276
B.Diaz.272
PITCHER

Home Stadium : KINGDOME

[LMBombers]

Tartabull's defense scares me but for the money you probably couldn't do better there in the Kingdome. I don't like Gladden in CF. You have two choices here. Either move Barfield over to CF where he is a 2 and get a corner OF or get a better defender in CF. It's not like Gladden is an offensive gem anyway so just go for better defense there with maybe some OBP or speed.

I only see 4's at the corner OF spots in that price range so I would go for the CF. I would reccomend:

McGee
Wilson
Reggie Williams
Otis Nixon
Milt Thompson

over Gladden in CF.

[tomwistar]

Playing the Kingdome seems risky to me, because 1986 leans toward pitcher parks and most of the sluggers are pretty park-dependent. It's tough to put together a dominant Fenway 67 type lineup that can also win away from home. I think you could use one or two more sluggers.

For what it's worth, here's my lineup for a Kingdome team. They're doing fine at home but lousy away so far.

1 Randolph
2 Phelps
3 Walling
4 Carter
5 McReynolds
6 Baines
7 Ashby
8 Franco

I use Hendrick, Carmelo Martinez, Laudner against lefties. It's easy to find lefty killers with real pop.

[jayhawk81]

I would get out of the Kingdome with that lineup. It seems better suited to Fenway or the Met. Gladden should go in CF, Otis, my man, is a great value for CF.