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Get the Abs to the people swinging the bat well. I've been saying this for years. Also who are we kidding De Aza is not a leadoff hitter.
Beckham 2b Ramirez SS De Aza C Rios RF Konerko 1b Dunn Dh Tank LF Gillaspie 3b Flowers C Thoughts?? Gotta turn this ship around somehow |
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Good luck getting runs batted in with your 5-9 hitters. Konerko, Rios and Dunn are station to station runners, and the guys hitting after them aren't likely to drive them in. That lineup puts a ton of pressure on 1-4.
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I dunno seems like an easy math equation. Lets get the most effective hitters on the team the most opportunities at the plate. I don't buy into this spread them throughout the lineup garbage.
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The Sox only have one good hitter, Rios. Switching the lineup around him won't really accomplish much, IMHO.
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If he's hitting, where he's hitting, just call it a blessing and figure out how to fix something else.
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I was just thinking "About that time of the month for the lineup thread".
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De Aza hitting 3??
![]() I hate when people try and out think the lineup strategieis that have worked for years, you lead off your fastest guy who is a good hitter, your best bat control hitter hits 2, your best overall hitter 3, best power 4 etc. etc. etc. The problem is not where to hit the 9 guys in the lineup. It is that we are hitting those 9 guys in the lineup. Outside Rios and Connor, they all suck. When that happens, you can shape the pile of **** any way you want, but it still is going to wreak like ****.
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what do you know they moved up beckham to leadoff. I swear its scry how genius i am sometimes.
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Absolutely genius. |
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Loved the way Gonzo described this stiff (Bedard) in the post mortem story. Called him a "journeyman."
LOL. Lip |
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I love that people are more concerned with De Aza hitting third than they are with him standing behind the plate with Flowers. I know Flowers is epically bad back there, but that's no reason to leave all that room in center field open!
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Why do the Sox have two guys catching?
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The problem is that on-base percentage is not achieved in isolation of lineup position. Bat Dunn seventh or eighth, and he will have a higher on-base percentage, at least until late in close games when teams bring in a lefty relief specialist to get him out. Hitters who walk a lot and have low batting averages tend not to walk when a walk is more advantageous to your team. Dunn was intentionally walked three times in the 16-game because the Mariners strategically wanted to have their right-hander pitch to Konerko (I'm not sure if the Mariners had any lefties available when the first intentional walk was issued). Dunn would walk less (and last year he led the league in walks because there were fewer walks leaguewide in 2012) if he led off games. Research notwithstanding, you try to set up your batting order so that it produces runs, obviously, but also so that it gives you the best matchups in close games because many games are decided ultimately in only a couple of matchups. These percentages and averages don't exist in isolation. When Jimmy Piersall was on first ahead of Ted Williams, he was directed not to steal because his presence on first increased the chances of Williams getting a hit, not because pitchers would be pitching around Williams, who would certainly walk if he didn't get any strikes, but because there would be a bigger hole to hit through with the first baseman holding the runner. Lineups can be an organic thing that determine the numbers more than the numbers determine the best lineup. |
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