Red Sox vs. Royals lineups: An odd sort of stability

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY SportsThe Red Sox are out to make it three straight and a series win over the Royals Saturday night behind Matt Barnes.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS BOSTON RED SOX Alcides Escobar - SS Mookie Betts - CF Ben Zobrist - LF Pablo Sandoval - 3B Lorenzo Cain - CF Xander Bogaerts - SS Eric Hosmer - 1B David Ortiz - DH Kendrys Morales - DH Travis Shaw - 1B Mike Moustakas - 3B Hanley Ramirez - LF Salvador Perez - C Brock Holt - 2B Alex Rios - RF Blake Swihart - C Omar Infante - 2B Jackie Bradley - RF Yordano Ventura - RHP Matt Barnes - RHP Is this the Red Sox lineup, more-or-less, as we will know it for the rest of the year? Is Pablo Sandoval just the #2 hitter now? Is Travis Shaw #5…