Alcides Escobar breaks DiMaggios record!!

[RedsoxRockies]

A good team

I don't care what "type" of team it is. I would just try to maximize run scoring and maximize run prevention.

I would choose a team that gets on base and does not allow runs. How does that sound?

[HoustonGM]

I would choose a team that gets on base and does not allow runs. How does that sound?

Worse than a team that maximizes run-scoring and run prevention, because it's an unrealistic team (ie. no team "does not allow runs").

[Jellio]

Here's the Brewers lineup+stats:



Add JJ Hardy(.264AVG 24HR 89RBI .330OPB in 484AB) to the 6 spot and take Cedeno out and you pretty much have their lineup for the year. David Murphy did hit at the no.2 spot the first two months according to the boxscores, and was moved to no.7 once Fermaint took over for Andruw Jones.

And check out Ryan Brauns sick season.... got him the ML Triple Crown. If these guys got some pitching in the offseason they could be quite a force, with 4 .300 guys at the top of the lineup and 3 good sluggers in the middle.

[RedsoxRockies]

Here's the Brewers lineup+stats:



Add JJ Hardy(.264AVG 24HR 89RBI .330OPB in 484AB) to the 6 spot and take Cedeno out and you pretty much have their lineup for the year. David Murphy did hit at the no.2 spot the first two months according to the boxscores, and was moved to no.7 once Fermaint took over for Andruw Jones.

And check out Ryan Brauns sick season.... got him the ML Triple Crown. If these guys got some pitching in the offseason they could be quite a force, with 4 .300 guys at the top of the lineup and 3 good sluggers in the middle.

Hmm... My recommendation would be get more walks. Not a lot of them in that lineup, and Braun and Escobar will not repeat at that level (Most likely).

[HoustonGM]

Hmm... My recommendation would be get more walks. Not a lot of them in that lineup, and Braun and Escobar will not repeat at that level (Most likely).

5 players have OBP's of .360 plus. Seems pretty good

[Jeffy25]

why does everyone get a hard on over walks, i'll take singles hitters all day, they put the ball in play, move runners....unless you are on a home run hitting team, or everyone can draw a lot of walks....singles win games, walks get you in position to win games.

Give me the slap hitters who can get base hits and get on .360.....wouldn't you rather have a guy batting .320 with a .360 obp then a guy batting .280 with a .360 obp? he would have a higher slugging percentage, he would be moving runners, and getting on the same.....pretty clear choice, isn't it?

[HoustonGM]

why does everyone get a hard on over walks

It's not about walks. It's about not making outs.

i'll take singles hitters all day, they put the ball in play, move runners....

Power hitters, who also tend to be better at drawing walks, move runners better.

Give me the slap hitters who can get base hits and get on .360.....wouldn't you rather have a guy batting .320 with a .360 obp then a guy batting .280 with a .360 obp? he would have a higher slugging percentage, he would be moving runners, and getting on the same.....pretty clear choice, isn't it?

Yes, given two players with identical OBP's and identical power, the one with the higher batting average will be more valuable (all other things like defense, baserunning, etc. being equal). I don't see anybody saying otherwise.

[RedsoxRockies]

5 players have OBP's of .360 plus. Seems pretty good

2 of them definately will not sustain that... (Braun and Escobar)

[HoustonGM]

2 of them definately will not sustain that... (Braun and Escobar)

They won't sustain what they did in that season, but they likely will sustain good OBP's.

[Ravenous]

First time poster, long time player of BBM, .Closest I've gotten to that record was Hafeez Khan, 3rd Basemen for the Las Vegas Aces. Hit for 49 straight games. That year he received over 3,000,000 votes for the all-star game.

[gosensgo101]

In that lineup, I'd bat him 9th (Yes, 9th) so that the guys in the middle of the order could get up more often. But if he's not batting 9th, I would keep him leadoff (no point in him batting 8th).

[dps]

It depends on the other players on the team, of course, but on most teams I'd probably bat him 2nd.

[RedsoxRockies]

They won't sustain what they did in that season, but they likely will sustain good OBP's.

If Escobar drops down to around a .300 AVG, his OBP would be around .325-.330. ....

[gosensgo101]

The hits could turn into walks though, instead of outs.

[Jellio]

Alright, as this was resurrected, i could post Escobar's 2012 stats:

.318 AVG(215 hits)
4 HR
56 RBI
86 Runs
28 BB
.348 OBA
17 2B
6 3B

+

19 SB, 28 CS!!!

he went 1-19 in the playoffs with no walks, so not a great season. Won the Gold Glove, though....