I’m going to start this off by giving Dugout Radar a shout-out. In case you’ve never heard of it, it’s a website that does its best to give you an idea of how likely it is to see the tarp on the field for any given ball game across Major League baseball. As of right now, it is giving tonight’s game between the Braves and White Sox a 92 percent chance of being delayed by rain. On top of all of that, there’s currently a tornado watch for the entire Chicagoland area from now until 10 p.m. CT.
I’m saying
all of that to say that there’s a decent chance that we won’t see this particular lineup in action tonight.With that being said, it’s still worth talking about so let’s get into it, shall we?
Here’s Atlanta’s lineup:
Yep. That is Mauricio Dubón leading off. He’s talked about how he’s rarely had opportunities to get this many at-bats and now he’s certainly going to get them tonight now that he’s at the top of the order. The middle of the order looks familiar, then you get to Jorge Mateo as DH, Eli White in right field, Ha-Seong Kim at shortstop and Sandy León serving in the ninth spot. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that this is the most inspiring lineup we’ve seen this season but it is baseball and anything can happen, so hopefully this particular nine can make something shake so the Braves can avoid the sweep.
Here’s how the White Sox are looking:
I halfway expected Braden Montgomery to be hitting cleanup with the way he’s gotten his big league career started so far. With that being said, they’re still going to get a dose of Montgomery from the cleanup spot anyways since Colson will be hitting fourth this evening. Martín Pérez could have his work cut out for him this evening.
Tonight’s game is scheduled for a 7:40 p.m. ET start but as I mentioned to start this article, rain could play a factor in tonight’s contest. We’ll see you there!
