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.
CWS — projected batting order
4 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
- 1Chase Meidroth2B/SSRproj 135 G· 108 G (pace 158)bats 1st
- 2Andrew BenintendiOFLproj 133 G· 99 G (pace 144)proj 2nd · actual 3rd
- 3Miguel Vargas1B/3BRproj 141 G· 110 G (pace 161)bats 3rd
- 4Kyle TeelCLproj 122 G· 19 G (pace 28)proj 4th · actual 3rd
- 5Austin HaysOFRproj 124 G· 12 G (pace 18)bats 5th
- 6Colson MontgomerySSLproj 131 G· 105 G (pace 153)proj 6th · actual 4th
- 7Lenyn Sosa1B/2BRnow on TORproj 135 G· 39 G (pace 56)proj 7th · actual 5th
- 8Munetaka Murakami3BLproj 133 G· 76 G (pace 111)proj 8th · actual 2nd
- 9Luisangel Acuna2BRproj 135 G· 65 G (pace 95)bats 9th
bench depth (15) — his slots 10+
- 10Edgar QueroCproj 104 G · 58 G
- 11Korey LeeCproj 29 G · —
- 12Curtis Mead2Bnow on BOSproj 48 G · 88 G
- 13Brooks BaldwinOFproj 65 G · —
- 14Derek HillOFnow on PHIproj 23 G · 67 G
- 15Michael A. TaylorOFproj 0 G · —
- 15D.J. StewartOFproj 0 G · —
- 16Oscar ColasOFproj 0 G · —
- 17Matt ThaissCproj 0 G · —
- 18Bobby Dalbec1Bproj 0 G · —
- 34Martin MaldonadoCproj 0 G · —
- 35Nicky Lopez2B/3Bnow on TEXproj 0 G · 58 G
- 36Brandon Drury2Bproj 0 G · —
- 37Mike TauchmanOFproj 0 G · —
- 38Josh Rojas3Bnow on KCproj 0 G · 25 G