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.
MIL — projected batting order
3 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
- 1Christian YelichDHLproj 143 G· 74 G (pace 108)bats 1st
- 2Brice Turang2BLproj 151 G· 105 G (pace 153)proj 2nd · actual 3rd
- 3Jackson ChourioOFRproj 147 G· 77 G (pace 112)proj 3rd · actual 2nd
- 4William ContrerasCRproj 149 G· 103 G (pace 150)bats 4th
- 5Andrew Vaughn1BRproj 134 G· 67 G (pace 98)proj 5th · actual 6th
- 6Sal FrelickOFLproj 145 G· 88 G (pace 128)proj 6th · actual 7th
- 7Luis Rengifo2B/3BBnow on SDproj 128 G· 71 G (pace 103)proj 7th · actual 6th
- 8Garrett MitchellOFLproj 121 G· 99 G (pace 144)proj 8th · actual 6th
- 9Joey Ortiz3BRproj 135 G· 83 G (pace 121)bats 9th
bench depth (19) — his slots 10+
- 10Gary SanchezCproj 39 G · 59 G
- 11Jake Bauers1B/OFproj 47 G · 101 G
- 12David Hamilton2Bproj 53 G · 75 G
- 13Jett Williams3Bproj 37 G · —
- 14Tyler Black1Bproj 29 G · 9 G
- 15Akil BaddooOFproj 0 G · —
- 15Eric HaaseCnow on SFproj 0 G · 26 G
- 16Christian Arroyo2Bproj 0 G · —
- 17Billy McKinneyOFproj 0 G · —
- 18Rhys Hoskins1Bnow on CLEproj 0 G · 86 G
- 19Manuel MargotOFproj 0 G · —
- 20David DahlOFproj 0 G · —
- 21Owen Miller2Bproj 0 G · —
- 22Kolten Wong2Bproj 0 G · —
- 25Cory Spangenberg2B/3Bproj 0 G · —
- 27Omar NarvaezCproj 0 G · —
- 27Jett BandyCproj 0 G · —
- 28Luke Voit1Bproj 0 G · —
- 34Jace Peterson1B/2B/OFproj 0 G · —