Sunday, August 15, 2010

Lineups

Here's today's lineup vs. LHP Wade LeBlanc:

CF Torres
C Posey
1B Huff
LF Burrell
RF Guillen
3B Sandoval
SS Uribe
2B Sanchez
P Lincecum


Here's my suggested lineup from August 11:

1. Torres - CF
2. Posey - C
3. Huff - RF
4. Burrell - LF
5. Sandoval - 3B
6. Uribe - SS
7. Ishikawa - 1B
8. Fontenot/Sanchez - 2B
9. Pitcher

They are quite similar.

Now here's my revised lineup suggestion:

1. Torres - CF
2. Posey - C
3. Huff - RF
4. Sandoval - 3B
5. Burrell - LF
6. Uribe - SS
7. Ishikawa - 1B
8. Fontenot - 2B
9. Pitcher

Sanchez doesn't deserve a spot in the lineup...well, maybe against LHP.

Comment with your lineup suggestions...I'm not opposed to the pitcher-batting-8th-theory. Calculations have proven it to score more runs than traditional lineups, and at this point, Giants can use any theory if it'll help them score runs.

I recently discovered this lineup analysis tool which analyzes the lineup and calculates how many runs would be scored on average based on OBP and SLG.