Macha considering batting Kendall leadoff

Hopefully briefly considering, then saying no.

7 months ago KLSnow 18 comments 0 recs |

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I like that he’s keeping an open mind, but Kendall’s OBP last season was .327. That’s not so good.

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by roguejim on Mar 19, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I like how “Kendall is good at getting on base”. Well, except the part that Weeks is better at it, and Kendall’s a bit below league average at it.

This reminds me of how Suppan is an Innings Eater, and a guy like Sabathia is not an innings eater. They get these stupid labels.

It’s hard to really screw up a lineup, but… this would do it.

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by Jordan M on Mar 19, 2009 3:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The only thing I like about this is that it seems to be important to some people that the leadoff hitter take alot of pitches, but if that were the only criteria, you might as well bat C.C. in the leadoff spot.

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by drezdn on Mar 19, 2009 9:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Weeks averages more pitches/plate appearance than Kendall

He also gets on base more. He also has more speed. I’ve yet to see a point in Kendall’s favor. Kendall is the 8th or 9th best hitter in the lineup.

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by Jordan M on Mar 19, 2009 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kendall

8th or 9th best in the lineup, 15th or 16th best on the team. Sounds about right.

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by TheJay on Mar 19, 2009 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Depends on if Gallardo or Looper is pitching :)

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by Jordan M on Mar 19, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or Parra, or McClung...

~~Or former-college-catcher-so-you-know-he’s-a-good-hitting-pitcher Dave Bush~~

He might give Counsell a run for his money though.

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by TheJay on Mar 19, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looks like I made the same mistake as Macha, going off gut feeling rather than actual numbers.

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by drezdn on Mar 19, 2009 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mach'd?

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Mar 19, 2009 9:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Here's what I like about this

We’re considering NOT batting Rickie first.

by tcyoung on Mar 19, 2009 11:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Propose an alternative.

by HRF on Mar 20, 2009 1:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree that Rickie Weeks seems to fit best there,

But he’s obviously struggled with that spot in the lineup. I wouldn’t mind seeing Hart there. I’d just be interested to see how Weeks would produce in a different spot, say 2nd, 5th or 6th.

We could replace Weeks with Escobar at 2nd base and leadoff.

by tcyoung on Mar 20, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

IIRC, every time Hart batted lead off, his batting average went down. Could be wrong though.

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by drezdn on Mar 20, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And his .300 OBP would be worse than Weeks or Kendall.

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by KLSnow on Mar 20, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Weeks career OBP is .352

Escobar was .332/.367 in AA last year, MLE/luck neutralize that to about .309. I’m almost positive Weeks is a better hitter (leadoff or otherwise) than Escobar at this point.

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by Jordan M on Mar 20, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d just be interested to see how Weeks would produce in a different spot, say 2nd, 5th or 6th.

I wouldn’t mind this if there was a viable alternative at this point.

by HRF on Mar 20, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kendall went 0 for 4

Hopefully that discourages Macha from batting him leadoff again.

(Yes, it’s a small sample size, but I’ll take anything to keep Kendall out of the leadoff spot.)

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by Lefti on Mar 20, 2009 1:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is repulsive. I’m physically sick.

by HRF on Mar 20, 2009 1:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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