Your lineup for tonight: Melky 8, Hosmer 3, Butler DH, Gordon 7, Francoeur 9, Moustakas 5, Pena 2,...

Your lineup for tonight: Melky 8, Hosmer 3, Butler DH, Gordon 7, Francoeur 9, Moustakas 5, Pena 2, Escobar 6, Getz 4

Ned Yost smoked peyote and shook his magic 8 ball to create this

11 months ago BHWick 23 comments 0 recs |

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He promised major changes

Glad we took Gordon and pushed him down to #4. Makes perfect sense to have your better hitters hitting lower in the lineup and take your crappier hitters and hit them leadoff. Gordon has an OBA 40 points higher. And its .370 for the month of June. But Melky is in the top ten in the league in hits! I swear the analysis went no further than that.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 22, 2011 3:06 PM EDT reply actions

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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 22, 2011 3:11 PM EDT reply actions

WHY AR YOU GUYS ALWAYS TALKING CRAP ON NED YOST

MELKY HAZ 9 STOLEN BASES GORDON ONLY HAZ 4 WE KNEAD THAT SPEED AT THE TOP OF OUR LINEUP PLUS MELKY HAZ SKORED MOR RUNZZZZZZ WHICH MEANS HE GETZ ON BASE MORE.

MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THIS LINEUP IS WHY HE DROPPED FRENCHY FROM 4TH TO 5TH I MEAN THE GUY HAZ 9 HOME RUNZZZZ AND 43 RBIZZZZ AND HE HITZ BALLS NAKED WITH A GIANT PIECE OF WOOD I DONT KNOW WHY HE DOESNT BAT 3RD OR MAYBE EXCOBAR SHOOD START BATTING 3RD????

by KyleM on Jun 22, 2011 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

LOL

Well Frenchy has fuken sucked since May, He should be batting 3rd.

And you though Hillman was bad

by GobbleforCyoung on Jun 23, 2011 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions

It's always good

When you can fix one problem by creating a bigger one.

Edgar knows best.

by kcbottom9th on Jun 22, 2011 3:22 PM EDT reply actions

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by BHWick on Jun 22, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

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In all seriousness, I’m reminded of the “Was Billy Martin Crazy?” chapter in Baseball Between the Numbers. The conclusion: not really.

"That's fine wood from... somewhere."

by KeepItCopacetic on Jun 22, 2011 3:50 PM EDT reply actions

Let's not rush to judgment here...

The most important thing is that Franceour is no longer in the cleanup spot, so our best hitter won’t be coming up with nobody on base as much. I admit, I was really liking Gordon leading off—so in a way the problem just changed. But I’m not sure it’s that simple to fix this one. If you keep Gordon at leadoff, and switch Frenchy and Butler—you get a handedness problem with too many lefties at the top of the lineup. For me, the only way this gets better is leaving it Gordon, Melky—but then going Butler, Hosmer, Franceour, Moose.

by hawkinscm87 on Jun 22, 2011 3:51 PM EDT reply actions

I tend to think the handedness problem is really overrated

Its a problem, what maybe once in a game? Most games its not an issue at all?

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 22, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

And against Arizona's lineup, probably not as much of an issue.

Maybe going against the Cardinals would be different.

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by KeepItCopacetic on Jun 22, 2011 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree.

But I realize it’s a big deal for Ned. If I have it my way, I don’t worry too much about it—because in the next year or two, we’re going to be wondering why we have so many righties.

by hawkinscm87 on Jun 22, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Looks fine to me

Everyone is in a reasonable spot for their talents except Melky at lead-off. Melky’s more of a power guy than an OBP guy, but the only other good OBP options for lead-off are Gordon, Hosmer and Butler, and they present the same problem where you’re wasting their power hitting them with no one on base.

This line-up also has a nice L-R-L-R-L core. It seems like a reasonable way to go.

by kcdc1 on Jun 22, 2011 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

by Scott McKinney on Jun 23, 2011 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions

You're taking crazy pills.

by hawkinscm87 on Jun 23, 2011 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I hope that was sarcasm

The difference between a standard lineup and an optimal lineup over the course of a full season is about 1.5 wins (per Tango, Lichtman and Dolphin in “The Book”)

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by Scott McKinney on Jun 23, 2011 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions