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Terry Collins Plans A Sane Lineup
Terry Collins plans the following lineup this season (via Adam Rubin): 1. Jose Reyes2. Angel Pagan3. David Wright4. Carlos Beltran5. Jason Bay6. Ike Davis The second baseman and catcher will bat 7th and 8th. This is a welcome change from the prior decision-maker, who batted Alex Cora, Jesus...
Lining up the Diamondbacks
Last week over on Beyond the Box-Score, Sky Kalkman wrote a piece entitled Optimizing Your Lineup by The Book, which summarized the guidelines offered up in The Book by Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, and Andy Dolphin. Kalkman kindly agreed to write a piece analyzing the best lineup for the...
Overthinking the Lineups
Career vs LHP:Career vs RHP Abreu .276/.371/.394.309/.420/.538 Damon.285/.347/.402.288/.355/.446 Matsui.292/.356/.442.298/.379/.505 Giambi.269/.383/.469.295/.421/.562...
Love that Treyball
Well, at least the Royals forced Sir Sidney out of the game by the ninth inning. In a way, I'm glad we gave the old Aruban one last nice start before he fades back into horribleness. We can file it next to our DVD of Livan Hernandez's similarly dominating performance of a supposedly up-and-coming...
A Thought on Lineup Construction
I know the idea of speedy-leadoff-hitter followed by not-quite-as-speedy-preferably-lefty-but-able-to-"handle the bat" followed by best-hitter followed by second-best-hitter-with-power will probably outlive me. That's the way lineups have always been built. And I know it only really matters...
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