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Monday, March 28, 2011
Your team’s optimal batting order
Rather than create a thread for each team, I should have just started one thread for all the teams.
Bloggers speak:
Phillies.
#2 Eric (see all posts) 2011/03/28 (Mon) @ 14:12
Never mind that, I see that his profile has his name listed in quotations, guessing its a psuedonym.
Braves:
http://www.capitolavenueclub.com/?p=3898
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By the way, I got a ton of hits from this site for the survey. Thanks Peter…
#4 (see all posts) 2011/03/29 (Tue) @ 22:10
No problem, happy to help.
#5 (see all posts) 2011/03/30 (Wed) @ 05:04
Posted this at the CAC site, but will ask it here instead. It’s about the relative importance of the number 3 hitter, saying that on average he sees none-on, two-out situations more, hence he’s not as important as the number 2,4 and 5 hitters. However, if you optimise the line-up as suggested, with much more emphasis on OBP in the top-two spots, as opposed to say speed and singles hitters, wouldn’t the number 3 hitter now see more opportunities to hit with runners on than before, hence his importance should be more than the 4 and 5 hitters? Just speaking from experience of watching Braves games and seeing Chipper’s role be more important when Heyward was hitting 2nd as opposed to some other hitter.
And in a related manner, why wouldn’t you just construct your line-up with the best hitters batting 1-9, seeing as the number 1 hitter would get more AB? (Taking a practice employed in cricket, where outside of opening the batting, they basically construct their batting order like that). Or perhaps I should just order “The Book” to see what is going on.
Thanks.
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Is the Todd Frohwirth who wrote that blog the under-arming relief pitcher who spent the early 90s with the O’s?