"Internet Baseball Scorecard 2013" presents,
Toronto: Dickey (2-3, 4.66 ERA)
New York: Hughes (0-2, 5.14 ERA)
From Yankee Stadium, New York, NY, United States
Sunday, April 28, 2013
First Pitch: 1:05 pm est
Series Game 4 of 4
Season Game 26 of 162
Umpires:
Home - Chris Conroy
First Base - Paul Schrieber
Second Base - Chad Fairchild
Third Base - Jeff Kellogg
Final in 9
Toronto Blue Jays: 2
New York Yankees: 3
(Written after I filled in the line-ups for today's game)
Yesterday I ranted here in Game Notes about how John Gibbons doesn't seem to know his players. Specifically I wondered why he didn't bat Cabrera in the 3 spot - as he is the team's best batter (average, situational, power); and move the heavy hitters into the 4 and 5 spots. I may have come off a little harsh, and without backing up my opinion with some details.
Here's what I meant:
Optimal Blue Jays' Line-up
1. C Rasmus CF, or R Davis RF
2. E Bonifacio 2B, or R Davis RF, or M Izturis 2B, or M Kawasaki SS
3. M Cabrera LF
4. J Bautista RF
5. E Encarnacion DH
6. A Lind 1B
7. B Lawrie 3B, or Mark DeRosa 3B
8. J.P. Arencibia C, or Henry Blanco C
9. M Kawasaki SS
The idea is to position 2 of the Jays' speedy, slap-hitting, inside-game-capable players in the 1, 2 spots; and bat Cabrera in the 3 hole.
This is not set in stone - for example, Lind, Lawrie and Arencibia can move up and down in the 6, 7, 8 spots - depending how they're hitting ... Lawrie and Rasmus as well show speed,average and power, so they can move in and out of the top of the order and down into the clean-up spots - giving the manager lots of flexibility in defensive planning.
Kawasaki is also top of the order style hitter - but Kawasaki is a ten year veteran of the Japanese leagues, he has the experience that may make him valuable batting ninth and in turning the line-up over --- so let him excel in the 9 spot through that added responsibility. Allow him to lead from the bottom through his sacrificing a number of at-bats batting low in the order, in order to help the team. Kawasaki may be better suited to this role because in the baseball culture he comes from, putting the team before the individual is highly accented - much more than it is here.
The use of the 9 spot in this way is based on the way many great managers have used a very good hitter in the 9 spot --- like the New York Yankees managers have done through the last period.
'Game Notes' is cross-posted at Michael Holloway's Baseball Blogs: "What's wrong with the Blue Jays' Line-up?" - http://baseball---blog.blogspot.ca/2013/04/whats-wrong-with-blue-jays-line-up.html
mh
Toronto Blue Jays (9-16) at New Yrok Yankees (14-9)
Starting Pitchers:Toronto: Dickey (2-3, 4.66 ERA)
New York: Hughes (0-2, 5.14 ERA)
From Yankee Stadium, New York, NY, United States
Sunday, April 28, 2013
First Pitch: 1:05 pm est
Series Game 4 of 4
Season Game 26 of 162
Umpires:
Home - Chris Conroy
First Base - Paul Schrieber
Second Base - Chad Fairchild
Third Base - Jeff Kellogg
Game Notes
Final in 9
Toronto Blue Jays: 2
New York Yankees: 3
What's wrong with the Blue Jays' Line-up?
(Written after I filled in the line-ups for today's game)
Yesterday I ranted here in Game Notes about how John Gibbons doesn't seem to know his players. Specifically I wondered why he didn't bat Cabrera in the 3 spot - as he is the team's best batter (average, situational, power); and move the heavy hitters into the 4 and 5 spots. I may have come off a little harsh, and without backing up my opinion with some details.
Here's what I meant:
Optimal Blue Jays' Line-up
1. C Rasmus CF, or R Davis RF
2. E Bonifacio 2B, or R Davis RF, or M Izturis 2B, or M Kawasaki SS
3. M Cabrera LF
4. J Bautista RF
5. E Encarnacion DH
6. A Lind 1B
7. B Lawrie 3B, or Mark DeRosa 3B
8. J.P. Arencibia C, or Henry Blanco C
9. M Kawasaki SS
The idea is to position 2 of the Jays' speedy, slap-hitting, inside-game-capable players in the 1, 2 spots; and bat Cabrera in the 3 hole.
This is not set in stone - for example, Lind, Lawrie and Arencibia can move up and down in the 6, 7, 8 spots - depending how they're hitting ... Lawrie and Rasmus as well show speed,average and power, so they can move in and out of the top of the order and down into the clean-up spots - giving the manager lots of flexibility in defensive planning.
Kawasaki is also top of the order style hitter - but Kawasaki is a ten year veteran of the Japanese leagues, he has the experience that may make him valuable batting ninth and in turning the line-up over --- so let him excel in the 9 spot through that added responsibility. Allow him to lead from the bottom through his sacrificing a number of at-bats batting low in the order, in order to help the team. Kawasaki may be better suited to this role because in the baseball culture he comes from, putting the team before the individual is highly accented - much more than it is here.
The use of the 9 spot in this way is based on the way many great managers have used a very good hitter in the 9 spot --- like the New York Yankees managers have done through the last period.
'Game Notes' is cross-posted at Michael Holloway's Baseball Blogs: "What's wrong with the Blue Jays' Line-up?" - http://baseball---blog.blogspot.ca/2013/04/whats-wrong-with-blue-jays-line-up.html
mh
Toronto Blue Jays
1. B Lawrie 3B
2. C Rasmus CF
3. J Bautista RF
4. E Encarnacion DH
5. M Cabrera LF
6. A Lind 1B
7. M Izturis 2B
8. H Blanco C
9th PH E Bonifacio
9th PH E Bonifacio
9. M Kawasaki SS
9th PH J Arencibia
9th PH J Arencibia
Per-Inning Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
New York Yankees
1. I Suzuki CF - 8th RF
2. R Cano 2B
3. V Wells LF
4. T Hafner DH
5. B Boesch RF
8th B Gardner CF
8th B Gardner CF
6. J Nix 3B
7. L Overbay 1B
8. E Nunez SS
9. C Stewart C
Per-Inning Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
1st
1st
0
0
0
0
1st
1st
0
0
0
0
2nd
2nd
0
0
0
0
2nd
2nd
1
2
0
1
3rd
3rd
0
0
0
0
3rd
3rd
0
0
0
0
4th
4th
1
3
0
2
4th
4th
0
0
0
0
5th
5th
0
1
0
1
5th
5th
0
0
0
1
6th
6th
1
2
0
2
6th
6th
0
0
0
0
7th
7th
0
1
0
1
7th
7th
2
2
0
0
8th
8th
0
0
0
0
8th
8th
0
0
0
2
9th
9th
0
0
0
0
9th
9th
0
0
0
0
10th
10th
0
0
0
0
10th
10th
0
0
0
0
11th
11th
0
0
0
0
11th
11th
0
0
0
0
Batting Totals
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
Batting Totals
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
H
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
RBI
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
BB
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
SO
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
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