Weird Lineups Ver. 1
July 3rd 2009 22:49
While waiting for the Pirates-Marlins game to end their rain delay, I looked over the starting lineups. Something struck me as kinda strange in both teams' lineups:
Pirates OBP
A McCutchen .339
J Wilson .309
B Moss .317
Ad LaRoche .360
G Jones .333
An LaRoche .352
R Vazquez .360
J Jaramillo .344
The Pirates seem to have set their lineup in reverse! The top 4 OBPs for the Pirates are batting after the first 3, and 3 of the top 4 are batting 6-8 in the order. It's not as if Jack Wilson and Brandon Moss have tremendous power, with only 4 HRs combined. Do they truly think they can score runs by giving the most at bats to the players least able to get on base?
Marlins OBP
C Coghlan .360
E Bonifacio .297
H Ramirez .413
J Cantu .333
J Hermida .351
D Uggla .336
C Ross .324
J Baker .322
Now, to their credit, the Marlins did a solid job setting their lineup, outside of one glaring weakness: Bonifacio at #2. He has a sub-.300 OBP and he gets penciled in at, arguably, the most important spot in the lineup! This move could potentially be forgiven if it were for just one game, but Bonifacio has spent the whole season hitting either leadoff or second in the lineup. Hanley Ramirez's tremendous season has hidden an otherwise lackluster lineup with an offensive black hole at the top of it.
Pirates OBP
A McCutchen .339
J Wilson .309
B Moss .317
Ad LaRoche .360
G Jones .333
An LaRoche .352
R Vazquez .360
J Jaramillo .344
The Pirates seem to have set their lineup in reverse! The top 4 OBPs for the Pirates are batting after the first 3, and 3 of the top 4 are batting 6-8 in the order. It's not as if Jack Wilson and Brandon Moss have tremendous power, with only 4 HRs combined. Do they truly think they can score runs by giving the most at bats to the players least able to get on base?
Marlins OBP
C Coghlan .360
E Bonifacio .297
H Ramirez .413
J Cantu .333
J Hermida .351
D Uggla .336
C Ross .324
J Baker .322
Now, to their credit, the Marlins did a solid job setting their lineup, outside of one glaring weakness: Bonifacio at #2. He has a sub-.300 OBP and he gets penciled in at, arguably, the most important spot in the lineup! This move could potentially be forgiven if it were for just one game, but Bonifacio has spent the whole season hitting either leadoff or second in the lineup. Hanley Ramirez's tremendous season has hidden an otherwise lackluster lineup with an offensive black hole at the top of it.
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