Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Kirkwood wrote:
But with stat heads supposedly refuting the idea of line up orders mattering maybe this discussion is useless.
I'm not sure what a "stat head" is, but if the idea is to get the best hitter the most at-bats, we should be talking about Konerko leading off. It's kind of silly to pick and choose how you use the stats. The entire philosophy behind moving Konerko up is strictly based on getting him more at-bats. That being the case, why no outrage that he's not leading off? I guess a lot of people like modern statistics-based thinking but they're only willing to take it so far.
Slow down, it was just an observation. I understand the philosphy. I find it fascinating that stat-heads (SABRs) can statiscally prove line-up order is negligible. To think batting Konerko lead-off has no difference than 3rd is weird. You'd think intuitively Konerko should bat 3rd since he has higher contact rates and OBP to drive in runners while also being on base for a slugger like Dunn.
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