2026 · MLB Lineups
Shawn Childs' lineup projections
His preseason opportunity model as lineup cards — batting order and projected games exactly as his workbook has them, with what actually happened beside each row. His judgment preserved, reality noted.
Preseason lineup projections (March 2026 workbook, vintage 2026-08-03) · actuals through 2026-08-02. Players his sheet lists on a team stay on that card; moves since March are annotated from our ingest.
CHC — projected batting order
2 of 9 slots as projectedamber = 1–2 slots off or a ≥20-game pace gap · red = 3+ slots or pace under 50% of his projection · agreement uncolored
- 1Nico Hoerner2BRproj 149 G· 110 G (pace 159)bats 1st
- 2Alex Bregman3BRproj 154 G· 109 G (pace 158)bats 2nd
- 3Seiya SuzukiOFRproj 139 G· 95 G (pace 137)proj 3rd · actual 4th
- 4Pete Crow-ArmstrongOFLproj 151 G· 112 G (pace 162)proj 4th · actual 1st
- 5Michael Busch1BLproj 141 G· 111 G (pace 161)proj 5th · actual 3rd
- 6Ian HappOFBproj 145 G· 107 G (pace 155)proj 6th · actual 5th
- 7Dansby SwansonSSRproj 146 G· 106 G (pace 153)proj 7th · actual 9th
- 8Matt Shaw3BRproj 128 G· 50 G (pace 72)proj 8th · actual 7th
- 9Carson KellyCRproj 89 G· 79 G (pace 114)proj 9th · actual 7th
bench depth (19) — his slots 10+
- 10Moises BallesterosDHproj 61 G · 59 G
- 11Miguel AmayaCproj 31 G · 56 G
- 12Dylan CarlsonOFproj 43 G · 2 G
- 13Kevin AlcantaraOFproj 27 G · 14 G
- 14Michael ConfortoOFproj 54 G · 75 G
- 15Brennen DavisOFproj 0 G · —
- 16Justin Turner1Bproj 0 G · —
- 16Jake MarisnickOFproj 0 G · —
- 17Nick Madrigal2Bnow on LAAproj 0 G · 15 G
- 18Albert AlmoraOFproj 0 G · —
- 19Garrett CooperOFproj 0 G · —
- 20Vidal Brujan2B/SS/OFnow on NYMproj 0 G · 6 G
- 22Rafael OrtegaOFproj 0 G · —
- 23Jonathan Villar3B/SSproj 0 G · —
- 25Jon Berti3B/SSproj 0 G · —
- 26Travis JankowskiOFproj 0 G · —
- 27Trey Mancini1B/OFnow on LAAproj 0 G · 5 G
- 28Kyle TuckerOFnow on LADproj 0 G · 105 G
- 31David PeraltaOFproj 0 G · —