Bob Pompeani

Are you having Griffin starting against Kyle Braddish?

Well, yeah, obviously he's starting, but is he the first guy in the box?

Are you having him lead off tomorrow?

I'm going to stick with Cruz at leadoff, especially because he has been scorching hot the last two games.

Three home runs in his last two.

I like batting Horwitz in this spot, or at least the times that they did last year, but he's not hitting right now, and Cruz is.

So Cruz has earned the right, at least over the last two games, to remain in the leadoff spot for the opener.

Well, he would hit somewhere between... Would he bat seventh right after Cruz?

See, I agree with you on the Ozuna point.

He's not hitting yet.

We now have a week's worth of games to be able to sample from.

Sure, it's 162, but this is all that we've seen so far.

And...

The Pirates, who lead the National League in home runs, surprisingly.

Big reason why is Cruz's three Reynolds back-to-back games.

O'Hearn is on the board.

Lowell already has three.

What if Conor Griffin comes up first at bat, hits a home run, Bob?

Oh, man.

You talk about.