Adrian Gonzalez
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The series on team offense finishes with the San Diego Padres. I plug the probable lineup from CBSSportsLine into the Lineup Analysis Tool, and fill in the numbers with Marcel the Monkey projections. For pitchers, I used San Diego’s numbers from 2008. The results:
- Best lineup: 4.58 runs per game
- Probable lineup: 4.36 runs per game
- Worst lineup: 4.06 runs per game
- Regressed lineup: 4.26 runs per game
The Padres scored 3.93 runs per game in 2008.
There’s not much offense here. Three position players project to OBAs below .320. Four project to slugging percentages below .410. Adrian Gonzalez is the only complete hitter on the team. The Padres front office did a lousy job of trying to improve this team. I’ll chalk up part of this for the turmoil in ownership limiting funds, but a sabermetrically oriented front office should really do better. The only thing that’s really improving the Padres here is regression to the mean. It’s tough to be as bad as they were last year.
Other teams in this series:
- Texas Rangers (see this entry for a full explanation of this system).
- Chicago Cubs
- Boston Red Sox
- Minnesota Twins
- Detroit Tigers
- Chicago White Sox
- Cleveland Indians
- New York Mets
- Philadelphia Phillies
- New York Yankees
- Baltimore Orioles
- St. Louis Cardinals
- Florida Marlins
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Atlanta Braves
- Milwaukee Brewers
- Colorado Rockies
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Houston Astros
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Cincinnati Reds
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Kansas City Royals
- Seattle Mariners
- Oakland Athletics
- Washington Nationals
- San Francisco Giants
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