Braves1976 (08-14-2018)
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.
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.
Coppy
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.
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.
Coppy
jpx7 (08-14-2018), Managuarantano's Volunteers (08-14-2018)
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.
Doesn't Freeman and Markakis hit bck to back every game?
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.
Chip is an idiot.
jpx7 (08-14-2018)
jpx7 (08-14-2018), Managuarantano's Volunteers (08-14-2018)
GTFO