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.
NYY — 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
- 1Trent GrishamOFLproj 128 G· 91 G (pace 132)bats 1st
- 2Ben RiceC/1BLproj 131 G· 107 G (pace 155)bats 2nd
- 3Aaron JudgeOFRproj 149 G· 59 G (pace 85)proj 3rd · actual 2nd
- 4Cody BellingerOFLproj 137 G· 102 G (pace 148)bats 4th
- 5Jazz Chisholm Jr.2B/3BLproj 134 G· 104 G (pace 150)proj 5th · actual 6th
- 6Giancarlo StantonOFRproj 105 G· 24 G (pace 35)proj 6th · actual 5th
- 7Ryan McMahon3BLproj 122 G· 85 G (pace 123)proj 7th · actual 8th
- 8Austin WellsCLproj 113 G· 77 G (pace 111)proj 8th · actual 9th
- 9Jose Caballero2B/3B/SS/OFRproj 131 G· 94 G (pace 136)proj 9th · actual 8th
bench depth (14) — his slots 10+
- 10Paul Goldschmidt1Bproj 77 G · 83 G
- 11Anthony VolpeSSproj 87 G · 55 G
- 12Amed Rosario3Bproj 35 G · 66 G
- 13Paul DeJong3Bproj 19 G · —
- 14Jasson DominguezOFproj 91 G · 51 G
- 15Jahmai Jones1Bnow on BOSproj 0 G · 64 G
- 16Jose Peraza2Bproj 0 G · —
- 17Rafael OrtegaOFproj 0 G · —
- 18DJ LeMahieu1B/3Bproj 0 G · —
- 19Oswald Peraza3Bnow on LAAproj 0 G · 86 G
- 20Alex JacksonCnow on MINproj 0 G · 22 G
- 23Ronnie Torreyes2B/SSproj 0 G · —
- 24Anthony Rizzo1Bproj 0 G · —
- 24Alex VerdugoOFproj 0 G · —