February 2010 Survey Question #1
Posted by Steve L. on February 12th, 2010 · Comments (4)
Please consider taking the following poll:
{democracy:92}
Thanks in advance. And, please feel free to add comments on your opinion in the comments section below.
To be fair, what team doesn’t need their clean up hitter to have a great year?
Corey Italiano wrote:
Depends on the superior nature of a team’s clean-up hitter (CUH) and the other batters in the line-up around him.
For example, say your CUH was a 900 OPS guy. And, the rest of your line-up, behind him were more like 750-775 OPS hitters. Then, yes, you would miss him.
But, say your CUH was a 900 OPS guy and you had three more 900 OPS guys in the line-up behind him. If your CUH went MIA, would your offense be killed then? Maybe not.
Another view…say your CUH was a 800 OPS guy, and you had four 800 OPS guys in the line-up behind him. Then he’s just one in the chain, and not the “big man” in the line-up. So, would you be killed if he was MIA, or, is it just one missing link from a chain of many similar links?
Getting back to A-Rod, the question here, for me, works as follows…
Assuming the Yankees go with Jete/Johnson/Tex in 1-2-3, Alex should be followed in the line-up by Posada, Cano, Granderson and Swisher.
If you think those four (20, 24, 14, 33) are going to have solid offensive seasons in 2010 – then the Yankees are probably not going to have to rely on A-Rod to carry them.
But, if ‘Sado, Cano, Curtis and Swish have crappy years, then A-Rod has to have a great year for the Yankees to be able to mash like they did in 2009.
That’s just my opinion ‘tho…your mileage may vary.
I really like the bottom of our lineup and think they’re going to produce a lot this season. Having said that, if Granderson and Swisher have subpar years, which I don’t think they will, then the team is going to struggle to score enough runs if Arod also hits poorly.
Assuming the Yankees go with Jete/Johnson/Tex in 1-2-3, Alex should be followed in the line-up by Posada, Cano, Granderson and Swisher.
If you think those four (20, 24, 14, 33) are going to have solid offensive seasons in 2010 – then the Yankees are probably not going to have to rely on A-Rod to carry them.
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If it were up to me, I’d line them up like this
Jeter – R
Johnson – L
Tex – S
A-Rod – R
Granderson – L
Posada – S
Cano – L
Swish – S
Gardner – L