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Originally Posted by mikev
Even so, there's absolutely no need for Kotsay to hit 3rd. Ellis too. I went to the Friday night game against the Giants and was absoutely beside myself when the lineup was announced. I think I scared some of the Giants fans around.
I *have* to believe that Macha has access to the same stats that I do. Probably even more. Even a simple look at the yahoo.com situational stats (watch for limited sample size, but still) shows that Kotsay has a .900 OPS this year hitting leadoff, and Ellis is at .631. Time to move Ellis down until he starts hitting again, no? Kendall is putting up a pretty crappy OPS no matter what, but he's getting on base. He needs to be at the bottom of the order too, though, because he's a friggin GIDP machine. Chavez is a monster from the 3rd spot this year. PUT HIM THERE UNTIL HE STOPS HITTING.
Now I know this sounds crazy, but Crosby is 4-10 hitting 4th. Frank Thomas is putting up an .880 OPS hitting 5th. SWITCH THEM.
Kotsay
Swisher
Chavez
Crosby
Thomas
Johnson
Payton
Ellis
Kendall
Leave it like that until everybody gets healthy, then think about changing.
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Sorry, man, but your logic is tragically flawed in a few places. One in regarding Kendall. You don't want him hitting 9th. You want him hitting 1st. He's basically a singles hitter, so he's not driving in anybody. He's also, as you said, a double-play machine. Yep, lead-off for the guy with the second-best OBP on the team. Now, if he reverts to the Jason Kendall that played for the A's last year, move him to 9th in a heartbeast.
I don't want Crosby higher than 7th until he can get his OBP above .300. He's one of the main guys killing the offense right now.
I like Chavez third. I like Swisher second, but I wonder if maybe those two should be bumped down a spot in favor of Kendall and Kotsay. Kendall, Kotsay, Swisher, Chavez, Thomas looks good. Maybe throw Ellis behind Thomas because Crosby sure as hell shouldn't be there. All I know is that as long as Johnson, Payton, Kielty, etc. are in this lineup regularly it's a total headache to try and come up with a good lineup. I hope Daric Barton will be ready soon.