Another lineup shuffle, maybe the most interesting yet

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For starters, here it is

SS Furcal
C Martin
3B Nomar
2B Kent
LF Ethier
RF Kemp
1B Loney
CF Jones
RH Penny

Joe said he considered Andruw second and Martin eighth, but figured this would give Martin a better chance. ``He is grinding the (heck) out of the bat, and I want to see if we can help him on the timing part of it,'' Torre said. Other than that, Joe wanted experienced guys in the middle of the order and a left-right-left stagger after that. He considered going with JP in left because he has swung the bat well lately, but, ``I figured in this cozy ballpark, the other three guys might reach the seats. That's how technical that was.'' ... Also, Jason Schmidt threw a 50-pitch side session and will throw one more on the homestand, then perhaps throw a couple of simulated games on the next trip. That would put him on target to begin a rehab assignment in early May, and Torre said that assignment will likely go the full 30 days. So the earliest Schmidt would return would be early June.

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