bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
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.
GDT- 8/14/18 ....RETURN OF THE NIGHT OF THE ANIBAL- THIS TIME HE MEANS WAR
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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.
BeanieAntics
Arbitration Eligible
OR!!!.... Is it possibly so stupid, that it transcends stupidness and actually gets to the point where it is brilliant?
Acuña’s Bat Flip
NL Rookie of the Year
I'm convinced Snitkers had him and Charlie have a staring contest or play rock, paper, scissors before filling out the lineup.
GeorgiaGirl
NL Rookie of the Year
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)
(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)
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
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.
Acuña’s Bat Flip
NL Rookie of the Year
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.
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.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
Injuries and illness negate any rants of course. We can only react to what we know and twitners history.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
Just trying to get him the record for most lead off homers in a row. Can’t do that hitting fourth.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
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.
Plugging the current starting 8 and their 2018 numbers into the handy dandy lineup optimizer: https://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi...&Player8=Pitcher&OBA8=.118&Slug8=.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
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
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msstate7
Well-known member
Why not Acuna 2nd? I think markakis, Acuna, FF would be top flight
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
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.
NYCBrave
Well-known member
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.
