Thursday, April 25, 2013
Where to bat Ben Revere?
?Bill tries to figure out where to put Revere in the Phillies lineup. He astutely notes that the best way to utilize Revere is in front of Young. Xeifrank ran his simulator a while back, and he has Revere as ninth batter. And who does he have batting right after Revere? Why, leadoff hitter Michael Young! I love it when the optimal solution can be traced back to a logical process.
Xei also notes this, which I find hard to believe, and maybe MGL can verify with his sim (though, he has a different forecast for players from ZiPS), which will obviously make a difference:
Against RHP using the simulator lineup over the default lineup garners the Phillies an extra 5.59 wins per 162 games. Against the LHP it garners 5.31 more wins per 162 games.
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