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Lineups

We're comparing the pitching rotations in another fanpost so I'd like to examine how our lineups compare.

Red Sox

  1. Ellsbury
  2. Pedroia
  3. Ortiz
  4. Youk
  5. Drew
  6. Bay
  7. Kotsay
  8. Lowrie
  9. Veritek

DEVIL Rays

  1. Iwamura 2B
  2. Upton CF
  3. Pena 1B
  4. Longoria 3B
  5. Crawford LF
  6. Floyd/Aybar/Baldelli DH
  7. Navarro C
  8. Gross/Hinske RF
  9. Bartlett SS
The only two that scare me in this lineup are Pena and Longoria.  The only question in my mind is will they be able to jump on dice-k, beckett, and especially wakefield who has struggled against them this year.

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Your bottom 1/3rd is gawdawful

We can at least play matchups. 1-6 is probably about even as Bay seems to be your best homer threat of late. If Sloppy wakes up in time this lineup looks different, but he hasn’t looked the same since he hurt that wrist shoveling food in his maw.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

by Sandy Kazmir on Oct 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT   0 recs

Good

I’m glad you aren’t afraid of them, because they are hitting a combined .286 in the postseason. Once they get on base too, you have to face the top of our order.

The best part is we still managed to score 4.5 runs a game against a good pitching staff without hitting home runs. I can’t wait till they do starting hitting them again.

by drabidea on Oct 8, 2008 8:58 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Now you're being silly

Kotsay, Lowrie and Tek is a better bottom of the line-up than Navarro, Gross, Bartlett. Anyway you slice it, the Sox have a better line-up than the Rays. It’s not even.

Mother---- him and John Wayne!

by MerryGoByeBye on Oct 8, 2008 10:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Matchups

C: Varitek vs. Navarro. Advantage: Rays
1B: Kotsay vs. Pena. Advantage: Rays
2B: Pedroia vs. Iwamura. Advantage: Red Sox
SS: Lowrie vs. Bartlett. Advantage: Red Sox
3B: Youkilis vs. Longoria. Advantage: Red Sox
LF: Bay vs. Crawford. Advantage: Red Sox
CF: Ellsbury vs. Upton. Advantage: Rays
RF: Drew vs. Gross. Advantage: Red Sox
DH: Ortiz vs. Floyd. Advantage: Red Sox

Yeah I’m feeling pretty good about our lineup against the Rays’.

by Gnick on Oct 9, 2008 1:15 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Youk vs. Longoria I’d say is a push. Youk would probably have a higher OBP and maybe even a higher OPS, but Longoria is a bigger threat to hit bombs in a pinch.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Oct 10, 2008 9:45 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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This method of comparing lineups is flawed, but I agree with you anyway. Although as a pitcher I would fear Pena-Longoria more than Ortiz-Youk (barely) we have a clear advantage 1-9.

by Schulz on Oct 10, 2008 1:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

CF: Ellsbury vs. Upton. Advantage: Rays

This is playoffs, not the regualr season, jacoby is our best playoff hitter as of right now, and he was last year, too…………Upton has two Hr’s that he hit in one game, other than that your just crazy for taking him over jacoby.

by bubbaboy5 on Oct 10, 2008 2:53 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Team Batting

Season
Average AL Team .267 .335 .420 .755
Tampa Bay .260 .340 .422 .762
Boston .280 .358 .447 .805

September
Average AL Team .269 .337 .426 .763
Tampa Bay .258 .343 .424 .767
Boston .266 .350 .446 .796

by drabidea on Oct 8, 2008 6:17 PM EDT   0 recs

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