CHICAGO – In the swirling sargassum that is modern-day lineup construction, the Rangers have been a veritable bay of tranquility. Among the fewest lineups in the AL. The top four spots in the lineup have been carved in stone.
Almost as if the lineup was written nightly by AI.
So, Monday, noted wild and crazy guy Bruce Bochy added the human touch of unpredictability and made a little tweak. With a pair of left-handed hitters back-to-back in the top half of the order, he thought it might be too tempting for teams to turn to lefty starters or lefty openers, as the Chicago White Sox planned to do against them. Hey, good news: There may still be hope for humanity.
