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[Jgainsey]

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My Joe Morgan baseball i.q. is telling me that there isn't enough information to decide between the two. Without knowing their scrappiness, how can I be expected to pick the better player?

[Blzer]

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If isolated power was the same, I would go for Player A. But this isn't the case, so I'll go for Player B. This is pretty tough though, because I like a player's ability to move runners over more than one base when getting their base hits. But you can't discredit someone for drawing their walks either.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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My Joe Morgan baseball i.q. is telling me that there isn't enough information to decide between the two. Without knowing their scrappiness, how can I be expected to pick the better player?

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And you forget that being on the "Big Red Machine" has a curve to it as well.

[DrJones]

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Looking at the numbers i'm guessing Player A hits more HRs than player B. If that's the case he's probably in the 3-6 spots in the lineup and thus probably have better RBI numbers than Player A.

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How do you figure that? Looking at the numbers, it's 99% likely that Player B is a better HR hitter, not Player A. The closer a hitter's batting average is to his slugging percentage, the higher the percentage of his hits are singles.

[SPTO]

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How do you figure that? Looking at the numbers, it's 99% likely that Player B is a better HR hitter, not Player A. The closer a hitter's batting average is to his slugging percentage, the higher the percentage of his hits are singles.

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That was a boo boo I meant player A in my first sentence.

[ChubbyBanana]

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Player B. I think the player who gets on base more helps out the team more.

[Speedy]

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Player B. I think the player who gets on base more helps out the team more.

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In theory, yes. The more a lineup turns over. However, I put more weight on the batting average as that means a hit which means if a runner is in scoring position a run will coincide...so if there was a man on 2nd w/2 out, it doesn't mean 1st and 2nd with 2 out it would mean man on 1st +1 run.

[ChubbyBanana]

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In theory, yes. The more a lineup turns over. However, I put more weight on the batting average as that means a hit which means if a runner is in scoring position a run will coincide...so if there was a man on 2nd w/2 out, it doesn't mean 1st and 2nd with 2 out it would mean man on 1st +1 run.

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True. If the rest of your lineup can't hit getting on base doesn't help much.

[mgjohns61585]

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I voted for Player A because a .250 BA and a .300 BA is a huge difference. Of course, the OBP is higher for Player A, butI still have to go with the higher BA