March 05, 2009
Team Offense, Cleveland Indians
The series on team offense continues with the Cleveland Indians. I plug the probable lineup from CBSSportsLine into the Lineup Analysis Tool, and fill in the numbers with Marcel the Monkey projections. The results:
- Best lineup: 5.55 runs per game
- Probable lineup: 5.49 runs per game
- Worst lineup: 5.34 runs per game
- Regressed lineup: 4.95 runs per game
The Indians scored 4.97 runs per game in 2008.
The Indians are another team strong from top to bottom. There's very little difference between the best and worst lineups Eric Wedge can put on the field. If Hafner, Choo and Cabrera live up to their projections, the Indians will wind up with a very strong offense in 2009. I suspect we'll see a big bounce back from Cleveland this year.
Other teams in this series:
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