The 2021 series on team offense continues with the the Oakland Athletics. The Athletics finished tie for sixteenth in the majors and tied for eighth in the American League in 2020 with 4.57 runs scored per game.
I am using RotoChamp as a source of default lineups. That Bob Melvin order is plugged into the Lineup Analysis Tool (LAT) using Musings Marcels as the batter projections. That information produces the following results (Runs per game):
- Best lineup: 5.12
- Probable lineup: 5.09
- Worst lineup: 4.85
- Regressed lineup: 4.66
The Athletics nail the lineup. The default lineup and the LAT are in great agreement on positions six through nine, and often in agreement on five through nine. The disagreement is minor, with Mark Canha first and Matt Chapman fourth instead of second and third. Even with that, they caputre 89% of the best lineup.
Overall, it looks like Oakland’s offense is looking up for 2021.
You can follow the data for the series in this Google spreadsheet.
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