Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 23, 2005
Southwest Lineup

Bob Melvin has announced his preferred lineup for the Arizona Diamondbacks. I'd bat Cruz 2nd and Clayton 7th or 8th. Cruz both has a better career OBA and a better stolen base percentage than Clayton. And his power isn't that great that you're losing a big RBI threat moving him to 2nd.

However, since the meat of the Diamondbacks ability to get on base is in their 3-4-5 hitters, it might not be a bad idea to have Cruz behind them to drive them in. With this lineup, the 3-4-5 hitters could end up with more runs scored than driven in.


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Posted by David Pinto at 08:07 AM | Strategy | TrackBack (0)
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