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Much Ado About Lineups
Just about every in-game conversation this year has veered into the domain of lineup arrangement. Should Kendall bat ninth? Shouldn't we swap Bill Hall and Corey Hart? Do we really want a minor leaguer and a retired guy batting second? Should Prince be batting before or after Braun? I...
Game Thread #13: Brewers (8-4) at Cardinals (9-4)
It's Dave Bush against Braden Looper. The action starts at 7:15 CT. The Brewers lineup, featuring Kapler against a righty and Dillon subbing for Braun, and if I do say so myself, some of you are seriously overreacting. We all knew Kapler would start seeing time against righties as long as he...
Game Thread #12: Brewers (7-4) at Mets (5-5)
It's the rubber game at Shea, with Jeff Suppan taking on Oliver Perez. The action starts at 12:10 CT. As KLSnow mentioned in the Mug this morning, it'll be interesting to see the lineups, as Braun and Fielder requested a switch. For what it's worth, swapping them (against a lefty, anyway), is a...
Redhawks vs. Giants
For every Brewers game so far this year, I've been using ZiPS projections for the starting lineups, plus the lineup analysis work done by Cyril Morong, to see how powerful each lineup is. The Brewers are generally in range of 4.9 runs per game, maybe a little better when you figure they'll get a...
A Story of Two Lineups
It shouldn't come as a shock that the Brewers outscored the Giants today--the Brewers lineup is generally recognized as one of the more powerful in the game, while the Giants lineup is...not. The difference is quite dramatic. Nate Roth totaled up the PECOTA-projected VORP numbers for the starting...
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