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World Series Batting Order Optimizer: Philadelpha Phillies
Game One of the 2009 World Series ended with the Phillies (mainly Cliff Le) dominating the Yankees in a complete game. The batting order for the Yankees didn't quite match what I recommended for them ...
World Series Batting Order Optimizer: New York Yankees
So there's a big game tonight. CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee are facing off in a matchup destined to stab Cleveland fans in the fork with an eye for ages to come. And it's also a chance for me to write ab...
Thinking About My Lack of Thoughts Regarding the Eric Wedge Firing
If you haven't heard by now, the Cleveland Indians announced today that manager Eric Wedge and his coaching staff will not being returning next season. It's been another disappointing season for...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: San Francisco Giants
The eight of you who are familiar with this series will remember that "Lousy" in the title does not necessarily refer to the lineup, but perhaps to the optimization procedure, or, as the "Optimizer" (...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Pittsburgh Pirates
Today's victims subjects are the PIttsburgh Pirates, a team that has seemed, well, hopeless for a while. However, they have a bright from office with Neal Huntington in charge and widely admired saber...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: San Diego Padres
If you're anything like me, you can't help but obsess over lineups. While the most optimal lineup only increases offensive output by about 5-15 runs a year over a traditional lineup, for teams with we...
Lousy Lineup Optimizer: Kansas City Royals
Trey Hillman, undoubtedly pondering a batting order that would make Tom Tango proud. In August, 1972, with the Detroit Tigers in a terrible slump, manager Billy Martin decided to "shake t...
Optimizing Your Lineup By The Book
As teams begin to pare down their rosters towards the magical 25 number, spring training conversation will shift to debating each team's ideal batting order. Because we care, BtB would like to r...
Saturday Rockpile: Jorge De La Rosa receives help from sports psychologist, gets better results; Don Baylor: getting the bats right
Today's Rockpile is late as theoldgrizzlybear had an emergency pop up during the night that precluded him from doing today's Rockpile. This is going to be a quick Rockpile today. Thomas Harding has t...
Lineup Construction
Background Rickie Weeks is a leadoff hitter, but he is not an ideal one because he does not excel at making contact. J.J. Hardy is a 2-hole hitter. He is a good hitter overall, has good bat control ...
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