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Monday, November 02, 2009

Is Gardner or Hairston in center for Game 5 better?

By , 09:00 PM

Obviously I don’t “know” the answer to that, but based on my overall projections for each player on offense, defense, and the bases, plus my projections for their platoon ratios and that of Lee and the possible Philly relievers, here is my take:

Gardner is the slightly better choice by about .4% in WE.

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