Weren't most of those ABs in the lead-off spot from last year, his career (and also walk) year? There were a lot of variables for him at play last year (new league, walk year, lead off, etc). Hard to say which was most important. At any rate, we're paying him $17m, he can hit anywhere I darn well tell him to (or, more likely, anywhere Lou tells him to). This is how I'd set it up, though JH is likely to ditch Jones for a CF and DeRosa wasn't brought in to be a backup, but whatever: Theriot 2B Murton LF Lee 1B ARam 3B Soriano RF Barrett C Jones CF Izturis SS I'd like to get rid of 7 & 8, but I don't know who we'll bring in for those spots now.