07-26-2015, 03:14 AM
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Re: Lineup construction
For me:
Contact/OBP to start things off. Speed a plus, but optional. I prefer Contact and PVis. If they have power, I'm more apt to bat them 6th, though Yelich is sitting second in defiance of this 'rule' (he has 96 contact/67 power vs RHP).
The middle is where I stack the power rating. Contact optional, though high contact will move a guy up to #3/#4 instead of #5 or #6. My best overall hitter is usually batting 3rd. That's Davis vs RHP (80-something, 99 Power) and Stanton (90 contact/99 power vs LHP). They flip-flop #3/#4 based on LHP or RHP.
#5/#6 usually is where I'll put the 50/70 types. They have power so they can pick up XBH with runners on, but not consistent enough to be the centerpieces in the lineup.
#7/#8 is back to contact/OBP, trying to get runners on for the pitcher to bunt or maybe just get him to the plate and out of the way. In a DH lineup #9 might be another 50/70 type.
I do try to stay away from a lot of LHB or RHB in a row if it's doable without violating too much of the above "rules". Right now, my vs RHP lineup is R, L, L, R, R, S, R, L - so a couple places where there's consecutive same-handed batters, but no more than 2 in a row (unless I'm throwing a LHP as starter, then #8/#9 will be consecutive LHB - though I have thought about switching 8/9 based on if I have a LHP or RHP starting...and since it's Solano and Moyer/Cruz - all of them the same basic type of hitter, it wouldn't alter the "rules" above).
With speed, I'll stick it anywhere. Matt Baldwin is my fastest player (95/99) and he's batting 5th because of his contact/power. The speed just falls where it does, even if it's not kosher for base stealing - but speed has more importance for me than that (defense/range and triples).
Since I do a lot of influencing to try to simulate/emulate groundball/flyball hitter tendencies, I try not to keep a lot of ground ball types together. I usually consider most guys with low power to be groundball types (though with fictionals or players with little irl data on fangraphs or the like, I randomize it, like Chris Taylor ended up being a flyball type with 27 power... thanks a lot RNG). I try to alternate it so the high BABIP types (grounder/linedrive) have a chance to get on for the high run value types (flyballs lower BABIP but do the damaging hits if they are good hitters).
Bench is usually made up of versatile defenders with and good decent contact and high PVis. Guys that can come up with a single/double in key spots with low chances of striking out.
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Last edited by KBLover; 07-26-2015 at 03:21 AM.
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