Bradford Doolittle discusses how to choose a clean-up hitter at ESPN. The Lineup Analysis Tool (LAT) gets a nice plug:
That isn’t to suggest, as you might read from time to time, that lineup construction is meaningless. To illustrate, check out this result from the intensely addictive lineup optimizer tool at BaseballMusings.com. This features arguably the best nine position players in baseball last season. (We’re not worried about defensive position here, so if Joey Votto is catching, don’t be shocked, and this lineup doesn’t include a pitcher.) It’s a great lineup: Over the course of the season, it would average 7.59 runs per game, according to that tool.
It has to be a pretty good lineup if Kris Bryant is batting ninth. Aaron Judge bats second in that lineup, something the Yankees like to do.
Watch for the yearly lineup analysis posts to start soon here at Baseball Musings.
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