lineups Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Thinking About Offensive Values
Baseball Musings has a pretty awesome lineup predictor. And average the best and worst possible lineups together predicts an average offensive value of about 5.3 runs per game. Which, of course, got me thinking... Last year's Yankees scored 789 runs while allowing 727. So today, let's imagine...
Mets Likely Starting Lineup
Now that it looks like Daniel Murphy will probably bat second, I think we have a pretty good idea of what the Mets' starting lineup will look like come Opening Day. 1. Jose Reyes 2. Daniel Murphy 3. David Wright 4. Carlos Beltran 5. Carlos Delgado 6. Ryan Church 7. Brian Schneider 8. Luis...
Optimizing Your Lineup By The Book
As teams begin to pare down their rosters towards the magical 25 number, spring training conversation will shift to debating each team's ideal batting order. Because we care, BtB would like to remind everyone that lineups are pretty overrated. Believe it or not, the difference between an...
A Note On Lineups
There’s been a consistent interest in lineup talk this spring, despite the fact that the Royals don’t really seem to have the kind of roster composition that would make it a truly meaty subject. Because the Royals don’t really have an elite hitter yet, it doesn’t even really...
Why is Berroa Leading Off?
I know its very unstathead to be overly concerned with lineup order (you should have been around Chicago last year to hear the endless wailing about Sammy and the 5th spot) and all, but this is insane."Hmm, who should lead-off tonight? I know, the guy with the .282 on-base percentage. This will be...
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