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I am having a ball really messing around with baseball orthodoxy.
I am currently 96-56, having clinched a playoff spot and have a 6 1/2 game lead for the division.
Right now I am running a 6 man bullpen with a 4 man rotation alongside a 15 man bench that is platooning like crazy.
SP Curt Schilling (89)
SP Carlos Martinez (80)
SP Mark Langston (72)
SP Jim Abbot (70)
Stopper Josh Hader (80)
Stopper Aroldis Chapman (84)
Setup Brad Hand (72)
Setup Will Smith (87)
Middle Relief Corey Knebel (78)
Middle Relief Tom Burgmeier (78)
My outfield defense is generally fantastic so I have been focusing on flyball pitchers with good control. Martinez is a guy I got in a pack and am hoping to replace him in the offseason. Arlodis I got for 1.5k in the auction house and I couldn't pass up that deal despite his poor control.
Also Schilling is on pace for 41 starts and 280 innings with a nifty 2.97 ERA.
Line Up
C Gary Sanchez (71, righties)/ Yadier Molina (73, lefties)
1B Anthony Rizzo (83, both)
2B Jed Lowrie (75, righties)/ Enrique Hernandez (73, lefties)
SS Carlos Correa (79, both)
3B Jake Lamb (74, righties)/ Matt D. Williams (75, lefties)
LF Whitt Merrifield (76, both)
CF Lane Johnson (76, righties)/ AJ Pollock (80, lefties)
RF Ichiro Suzuki (69, righties)/ Ronald Acuna (83, lefties)
DH Earl Webb (73, righties)/ Nick Castellanos (70, righties)
I have tinkered with the lineup as guys slump (Which is why it seems odd that Acuna and Pollock are in a platoon situation while Whitt is batting every day). The goal here was basically to make it so that no matter what pitcher comes out, he is going to face a line up designed to destroy him and I got plenty of pinch hitters to continue match up problems in later innings.
So far so good. I'm second in runs scored at 739 and first in runs against with 586. We don't steal bases or bunt and we are aggressive on the base paths. Our relievers go multiple innings and are encouraged to go after batters.
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