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The SplitsSome lefty/righty splits of our positions, the numbers are AVG/OBA/SLG sorted by position and at-bats:Player vs. LHP vs. RHP Jason Bay .383/.486/.704 .283/.369/.524 (it justs looks nice) Daryle Ward .216/.262/.289 .293/.358/.480 Rob mackowiak .245/.310/.340 .274/.347/.424 Humberto cota .231/.261/.415 .238/.289/.360 Jack Wilson .236/.288/.373 .232/.275/.344OF: Michael Restovich makes a case for playing time vs. left-handers, that's fine by me. Duffy has the center-field position, if for some unforsaken reason Tike Redman needs to start it I hope its, oddly enough, against left-handers. McLouth doesn't have enough ABs to make any discernable assertation, but I hope he's Duffy's back-up and the right-fielder when Mackowiak is at 3rd against RHP. 1B: People have talked about this already, but Eldred isn't doing much against lefties. His OBA is actually lower then his average because of a sac-fly. One must think that he would come around. Despite the poor numbers there is no statistical reason to justify him not being the everyday starter. For the case of he's a rookie and shouldn't play everyday crowd, then let's hope his two days off a week come against extreemely-hard-for-rookies-to-hit-right-handers so that Daryle Ward as a replacement isn't completely useless. 3B: This is really why I posted all this. Dirty's numbers against LHPs are unreasonably good, go with it. As for the other split, I can understand having him out there if we have the Mark Redman type on the mound and we expect a lot of ground balls, otherwise he's just pushing Mackowiak to the outfield. I could care less about who gets playing time at third, but forcing Rob to the outfield takes starts away from McLouth, and I want to see what Nate can do. C: Cota and Doumit's numbers are fairly even between splits with Doumit's being better overall, solidifying the case that Doumit should be the starter and Cota the backup. I expect to see Cota in day games, against pitchers he's got good numbers against, and with pitchers he "works well with" if Lloyd is still clinging to that unfounded idea. This still gives Doumit more then a majority of the starts. SS/2B: I also just threw these in to show how fairly consistent Jack and Castillo are between pitchers. When you think about it, it's kind of sad that the two positions other then Bay that we are sure about are at the bottom of the order. But they're what we got and they'll hopefully both be better next year. I can live with that. What's funny is that the Pirates are doing this right, other then the 3B situation, but that is kind of nitpicky. The guys I want to get playing time are also the guys who are best at their position. What I expect to see as a lineup: vs. LHP vs. RHPPost from now on will frequently be why I'm upset that tonights lineup didn't look like this. For instance today, Freddy at third, Mackowiak in right, RHP on the mound. I guess I already explained why i don't like that. posted by Rory at 6:06 PM | |
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