Yunel Escobar batting cleanup and other unorthodox lineups (1 Viewer)

[Sam Quentin]

Thread for collecting odd lineup decisions

here's today's Blue Jays

R. Davis CF

C. Patterson LF

J. Bautista RF

Y. Escobar SS

J. Rivera 1B

A. Hill 2B

E. Thames DH

J.P. Arencibia C

E. Encarnacion 3B

Plus, you have two very low OBP guys at the top. They should put at least one of them at the bottom

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Thread for collecting odd lineup decisionshere's today's Blue Jays R. Davis CF C. Patterson LF J. Bautista RF Y. Escobar SS J. Rivera 1B A. Hill 2B E. Thames DH J.P. Arencibia C E. Encarnacion 3B Plus, you have two very low OBP guys at the top. They should put at least one of them at the bottom

Rajai's been batting .364 over the last 15 days and he's been in the 9 hole throughout that time. I think it's pretty safe to say this lineup is just a short term one for when Rajai is hot. The strangest lineup decision this year was the Rays starting Felipe Lopez at cleanup for a couple weeks there.

 

[Sam Quentin]

Thread for collecting odd lineup decisionshere's today's Blue Jays R. Davis CF C. Patterson LF J. Bautista RF Y. Escobar SS J. Rivera 1B A. Hill 2B E. Thames DH J.P. Arencibia C E. Encarnacion 3B Plus, you have two very low OBP guys at the top. They should put at least one of them at the bottom

Rajai's been batting .364 over the last 15 days and he's been in the 9 hole throughout that time. I think it's pretty safe to say this lineup is just a short term one for when Rajai is hot. The strangest lineup decision this year was the Rays starting Felipe Lopez at cleanup for a couple weeks there.

Arecibia's been swinging a hot bat and he's in the 8-spot and they just had their cleanup hitter bunt

 

[Michael Brown]

Jorge Posada batting...um...anywhere

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Thread for collecting odd lineup decisionshere's today's Blue Jays R. Davis CF C. Patterson LF J. Bautista RF Y. Escobar SS J. Rivera 1B A. Hill 2B E. Thames DH J.P. Arencibia C E. Encarnacion 3B Plus, you have two very low OBP guys at the top. They should put at least one of them at the bottom

Rajai's been batting .364 over the last 15 days and he's been in the 9 hole throughout that time. I think it's pretty safe to say this lineup is just a short term one for when Rajai is hot. The strangest lineup decision this year was the Rays starting Felipe Lopez at cleanup for a couple weeks there.

Arecibia's been swinging a hot bat and he's in the 8-spot and they just had their cleanup hitter bunt

It took Rajai hitting .290+ for a month before he got moved up in the order, Arencibia's been hot for just one week, it's gonna take a longer hot streak than that for him to get moved up; not to mention prior to this current hot streak he had 1 hit in his last 20 ABs. Hitting cleanup would be too much pressure for the rookie who is already having trouble hitting the ball consistently.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Most games a top 3 hitter gets an extra at bat compared to a bottom 3 hitter. Plan accordingly.