SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – There is no mystery about the names in the Giants’ opening day lineup. They’ve been known for weeks.
Ordering them is another matter, and Manager Bruce Bochy’s lineup card in Monday afternoon’s exhibition game against the Reds might be the closest version to the one he’ll submit for Sunday’s lid lifter against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.
CF Denard Span
1B Brandon Belt
RF Hunter Pence
C Buster Posey
SS Brandon Crawford
3B Aaron Hill
2B Joe Panik
P Madison Bumgarner
LF Gorkys Hernandez
Trade out Hernandez for third baseman Eduardo Nuñez, whose sore shoulder should allow him to return to the field on Thursday, and Hill for left fielder Jarrett Parker, and that could be the lineup that Bochy sends against the Diamondbacks’ Zack Greinke in the opener.