For everyone that has exclaimed, “Move Swanson down, but hell, at least move Riley up,” I’ve got some good news:
This will actually be Riley’s ninth time hitting fifth this season alone, so it’s not really a new direction for the lineup or anything... more of a reversion. Still, this is the first time the lineup has been arrayed in exactly this fashion, and the second time it’s these eight guys (with the first time being yesterday).
The top six in this lineup have seen Peterson a few times, thanks to a couple of starts against them last season.