THT Live: Dusty Baker’s lineups aren’t half bad
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Justin has put together a detailed analysis of Dusty Baker's lineup choices , compared to some alternatives suggested by Reds fans. His surprising finding is that Baker's lineup is actually tough to beat (despite leading off with Corey Patterson!). This is some great work by Justin, featuring John Beamer's Markov spreadsheet (the right tool to use for the job), and it shows just how tricky ...
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Dusty Baker's Lineups Are Actually ... Good?
Published 4/13/2008 by Eamonn Brennan at FanHouse
... bad. Reds fans put together a list of preferred lineups over at On Baseball and the Reds, and the post-mathematical conclusions are relatively straightforward: Dusty's lineups aren't much, if at all, worse than most fan lineups. His personnel choices are still questionable -- Corey Patterson is still patrolling center instead of Jay Bruce -- but in terms of optimizing the personnel he's chosen, Dusty seems to be doing a pretty solid job. Who knew? (HT: THT Live) Permalink | Email this | ...
