Phillies Depth Chart

This started as a post to pick apart Todd Zolecki's projected Phillies lineup, posted on MLB.com.  I do find it ridiculous that he has Jim Thome starting at first and Laynce Nix starting in LF.  With Howard out, Mayberry will be in that lineup much more than either of those two guys.  So this got me thinking about a depth chart that Dave Cameron post on USS Mariner for the Mariners after the acquisition of Montero.  See here.  So here is what I came up with for the Phillies.

Phillies	PLAYER	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH	P	TOTAL
C	RUIZ	450										450
1B	HOWARD		450									450
2B	UTLEY			550								550
3B	POLANCO				500							500
SS	ROLLINS					550						550
LF	MAYBERRY		50				400	50		50		550
CF	VICTORINO							600				600
RF	PENCE								600			600
BENCH
C	SCHNEIDER	200										200
IF	MARTINEZ			100		100						200
IF	WIGGINTON		100		150					50		300
OF	NIX						250		50	50		350
PH	THOME		50							50		100
IF/OF	OTHER	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50		450
P	PITCHERS										350	350
TOTAL		700	700	700	700	700	700	700	700	250	350	6200

 
 This is projecting almost a full season worth of PAs for Mayberry even though he doesn't play very well versus RHP.  I don't think that Thome will play as much at first and they saying with Howard out.  I think most of it is picked up by Wigginton and Mayberry.  This isn't to say I don't want Thome playing there.  As long as he can stay healthy and he can still swing the bat, put him at first and Mayberry in LF.  Thome has a much better approach that Wigginton or Nix.

I still wonder where D. Brown fits in all of this.  He really needs to get his confidence back and his swing.  I don't want him platooning or sitting most of the time.  Wherever he is, he needs to be playing and get at least 600 PA this year.  Time to put up or shut up.  What if he has an outstanding spring?  What if you send him down and he is just tearing up AAA?  If he struggles in spring, the answer is easy, go to AAA and figure out your stuff.  Maybe I will have to do a different post just on this topic. 

I've gotten off track.  The point of my post was to point out which players I thought would be getting a majority of the playing time and to negate the lineup posted by Zolecki.  I do recognize that Zolecki's is probably geared towards facing a RHP which you will see much more than a lefty, but I still disagree.