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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyward View Post
    We dont have a day off until 2 weeks from now.

    But i wouldnt sit Ozzie now, he's scorching hot.
    Yet FF nor Markickass has had a day off. And our 21 year old 2b has had 3 in the last what 2 weeks. Maybe less.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    I've been saying this for a week, before he hit all these HRs.

    Batting a low power guy with a .380 OP 4th while a guy with a .250+ ISO bats lead off is pure stupidity.
    OR!!!.... Is it possibly so stupid, that it transcends stupidness and actually gets to the point where it is brilliant?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    Is Ozzie in trouble. Why does he need another day off. Or is he being sent down?!?!?
    I'm convinced Snitkers had him and Charlie have a staring contest or play rock, paper, scissors before filling out the lineup.

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    Ozzie likely shouldn't sit after 5 games where it was looking like he was getting right as he seems to be a rhythm player, but he might not be right given the Sarris article.

    (No, he's not a big power hitter, but until recently he's always averaged better exit velocities then Ender, and lately that has not been the case)
    Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.

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    Now I wouldn’t call Ozzie sizzling either. I want to say he had one bloop hit yesterday and one hit that should have been just a sac fly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GeorgiaGirl View Post
    Ozzie likely shouldn't sit after 5 games where it was looking like he was getting right as he seems to be a rhythm player, but he might not be right given the Sarris article.

    (No, he's not a big power hitter, but until recently he's always averaged better exit velocities then Ender, and lately that has not been the case)
    I just remembered there was one game this weekend and a batted ball came up on him and hit him in the shoulder area, I think he still got the out but shook his arm a lot after the play, it is some food for thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeanieAntics View Post
    OR!!!.... Is it possibly so stupid, that it transcends stupidness and actually gets to the point where it is brilliant?
    It's one of those deals where the sub-optimal move works out, so folks call it a good idea.

    It's not a good idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozzie's Chainz View Post
    I just remembered there was one game this weekend and a batted ball came up on him and hit him in the shoulder area, I think he still got the out but shook his arm a lot after the play, it is some food for thought.
    Injuries and illness negate any rants of course. We can only react to what we know and twitners history.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    It's one of those deals where the sub-optimal move works out, so folks call it a good idea.

    It's not a good idea.
    Just trying to get him the record for most lead off homers in a row. Can’t do that hitting fourth.
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    I have no problem rotating Culberson around to give guys some time off. Don't forget Albies tweaked his hamstring a little while ago. Giving him a day off wont hurt.

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    Did you guys see the Nationals reddit page. The fans litterally turned it into a page about national parks around the country. It was awesome.
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    Plugging the current starting 8 and their 2018 numbers into the handy dandy lineup optimizer: https://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-...8=.132&Model=1

    We get the following optimized lineup:

    Markakis
    Freeman
    Albies
    Camargo
    Acuna
    Swanson
    Inciarte
    Suzuki
    Pitcher

    When looking at the Top 30 productive lineups, we see a few common themes:

    1. Markakis leads off in 21 of them, Freeman in the other 19.
    2. Spots 1 and 2 are Markakis or Freeman in all 30.
    3. Camargo/Acuna/Albies are 3-5 in all but a few lineups that have Albies batting 8.
    4. Swanson/Inciarte/Suzuki are 6-8 in all but a few lineups that have Albies batting 8.

    Injecting some reality, we know Freeman is not going to lead off. We also know Camargo is not going to hit 4th. We also can probably reason that Freeman and Markakis are not going to hit back to back. Swanson should be batting 8th.

    Therefore, the lineup should be I wouldn't argue too much about swapping Albies and Acuna):

    vs RHP
    Markakis
    Albies
    Freeman
    Acuna
    Suzuki/Flowers
    Inciarte
    Camargo
    Swanson

    vs LHP
    Markakis
    Albies
    Freeman
    Acuna
    Duvall
    Camargo
    Suzuki/Flowers
    Swanson
    Last edited by Enscheff; 08-14-2018 at 05:19 PM.

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    Doesn't Freeman and Markakis hit bck to back every game?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Doesn't Freeman and Markakis hit bck to back every game?
    Good point.

    They should be 1-2

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Plugging the current starting 8 and their 2018 numbers into the handy dandy lineup optimizer: https://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-...8=.132&Model=1

    We get the following optimized lineup:

    Markakis
    Freeman
    Albies
    Camargo
    Acuna
    Swanson
    Inciarte
    Suzuki
    Pitcher

    When looking at the Top 30 productive lineups, we see a few common themes:

    1. Markakis leads off in 21 of them, Freeman in the other 19.
    2. Spots 1 and 2 are Markakis or Freeman in all 30.
    3. Camargo/Acuna/Albies are 3-5 in all but a few lineups that have Albies batting 8.
    4. Swanson/Inciarte/Suzuki are 6-8 in all but a few lineups that have Albies batting 8.

    Injecting some reality, we know Freeman is not going to lead off. We also know Camargo is not going to hit 4th. We also can probably reason that Freeman and Markakis are not going to hit back to back. Swanson should be batting 8th.

    Therefore, the lineup should be I wouldn't argue too much about swapping Albies and Acuna):

    vs RHP
    Markakis
    Albies
    Freeman
    Acuna
    Suzuki/Flowers
    Inciarte
    Camargo
    Swanson

    vs LHP
    Markakis
    Albies
    Freeman
    Acuna
    Duvall
    Camargo
    Suzuki/Flowers
    Swanson
    Why not Acuna 2nd? I think markakis, Acuna, FF would be top flight

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Good point.

    They should be 1-2
    I'd be fine with that, but snit doesn't consider those numbers. He is too "old school" for that, and I don't say that to take shots at anyone old school. I believe being old school is fine just so long as you don't use it as an excuse to stop learning and using advanced stats and other resources available to you. Plus some old dogs cannot learn new tricks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Plugging the current starting 8 and their 2018 numbers into the handy dandy lineup optimizer: https://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-...8=.132&Model=1

    We get the following optimized lineup:

    Markakis
    Freeman
    Albies
    Camargo
    Acuna
    Swanson
    Inciarte
    Suzuki
    Pitcher

    When looking at the Top 30 productive lineups, we see a few common themes:

    1. Markakis leads off in 21 of them, Freeman in the other 19.
    2. Spots 1 and 2 are Markakis or Freeman in all 30.
    3. Camargo/Acuna/Albies are 3-5 in all but a few lineups that have Albies batting 8.
    4. Swanson/Inciarte/Suzuki are 6-8 in all but a few lineups that have Albies batting 8.

    Injecting some reality, we know Freeman is not going to lead off. We also know Camargo is not going to hit 4th. We also can probably reason that Freeman and Markakis are not going to hit back to back. Swanson should be batting 8th.

    Therefore, the lineup should be I wouldn't argue too much about swapping Albies and Acuna):

    vs RHP
    Markakis
    Albies
    Freeman
    Acuna
    Suzuki/Flowers
    Inciarte
    Camargo
    Swanson

    vs LHP
    Markakis
    Albies
    Freeman
    Acuna
    Duvall
    Camargo
    Suzuki/Flowers
    Swanson
    While i totally get the reasoning for Markakis leading off, I believe they showed a stat the other day that he's in the top 5 in the league in batting average with runners on base. Sure, it's a fluky stat, but it's gotta count for something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCBrave View Post
    While i totally get the reasoning for Markakis leading off, I believe they showed a stat the other day that he's in the top 5 in the league in batting average with runners on base. Sure, it's a fluky stat, but it's gotta count for something.
    It’s not fluky....

    He’s among the leaders in batting average, so it stands to reason he’d hit well with runners on base.

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