I like having a couple leadoff men and a whole lot of speed.
The Yankees think that means you can stack a couple of leadoff hitters at the
top of the order while I prefer to have the order turned over with Ellsbury
hitting first and Gardner hitting ninth. Which lineup is better? Who knows but
one thing is for certain having those two at the top has cost the Yankees runs,
not gotten them more runs. Having them both there has made Joe Girardi gun shy
when it comes to calling for stolen bases since he doesn’t want to take the bat
out of the hands of Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira. This can be alleviated by
having a high contact and high batting average/on base percentage guy in the
two hole like Castro.
MY LINEUP:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury
2. Starlin Castro
3. Alex Rodriguez
4. Mark Teixeira
5. Brian McCann
6.Carlos Beltran
7. Chase Headley
8. Didi Gregorius
9. Brett Gardner
GIRARDI'S LINEUP
1. Jacoby Ellsbury
2. Brett Gardner
3. Alex Rodriguez
4. Mark Teixeira
5. Brian McCann
6. Carlos Beltran
7. Chase Headley
8. Starlin Castro
9. Didi Gregorius
What’s your lineup? Leave it below in the comments section.
Thank you.
1. Jacoby Ellsbury
ReplyDelete2. Starlin Castro
3. Alex Rodriguez
4. Mark Teixeira
5.Carlos Beltran
6. Brian McCann
7. Chase Headley
8. Didi Gregorius
9. Brett Gardner
Switch Carlos and Brian only because Beltran hits at a better AVG. and OB%. I have this thing about stacking power guys more than two at a time but with Beltran you have both in one because he hits HRs also. With his AVG etc, he can be on base for Brian to drive in also. Brian can get more RBI chances behind Beltran, I think anyhow!
Think that takes a lot of RBI chances from McCann but it's really six of one and a half dozen of the other at this point
ReplyDeleteWell, you may be right but, my thinking is; The two guys ahead of McCann would have 64 HRs which gives McCann 64 fewer chances for a RBI. With Beltran getting around 132+/- hits a year it would be logical to be expected to raise McCanns RBI total.
DeleteOne always likes to have a better AVG. guy followed by a power hitter!