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<blockquote data-quote="FollowTisdale" data-source="post: 1443759" data-attributes="member: 619279"><p>You're best hitter should hit 2nd, that's what the numbers say. And Shildt actually looks at the numbers, so I assume he'll follow the book:</p><p></p><p>Best hitter hits 2nd, next best hitter hits 4th, highest OBP next hits 1st, next best 5th, then 3rd, then 6-9. And there's a Cardinal specific caveat of "Matt Carpenter has to lead off for some reason". So it should probably go:</p><p></p><p>1) Carpenter</p><p>2) Goldschmidt</p><p>3) Jose Martinez</p><p>4) Ozuna</p><p>5) Paul Dejong</p><p>6) Molina</p><p>7) Wong</p><p>8) Bader</p><p>9) Pitcher</p><p></p><p>If for some reason Fowler is still playing over Jose (he shouldn't, if they're both actually on the team), then swap Molina to 3rd and Fowler to 6th.</p><p></p><p>That's actually a very good lineup, with elite defense in CF & 2nd, plus defense everywhere but 3rd (carpenter is a tick below avg. there) and RF (Martinez is bad, but so is Fowler and Martinez can actually hit). That's a 90 win team, if the pitching can stay healthy.</p><p></p><p>It would look unbeatable with Harper in there though...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FollowTisdale, post: 1443759, member: 619279"] You're best hitter should hit 2nd, that's what the numbers say. And Shildt actually looks at the numbers, so I assume he'll follow the book: Best hitter hits 2nd, next best hitter hits 4th, highest OBP next hits 1st, next best 5th, then 3rd, then 6-9. And there's a Cardinal specific caveat of "Matt Carpenter has to lead off for some reason". So it should probably go: 1) Carpenter 2) Goldschmidt 3) Jose Martinez 4) Ozuna 5) Paul Dejong 6) Molina 7) Wong 8) Bader 9) Pitcher If for some reason Fowler is still playing over Jose (he shouldn't, if they're both actually on the team), then swap Molina to 3rd and Fowler to 6th. That's actually a very good lineup, with elite defense in CF & 2nd, plus defense everywhere but 3rd (carpenter is a tick below avg. there) and RF (Martinez is bad, but so is Fowler and Martinez can actually hit). That's a 90 win team, if the pitching can stay healthy. It would look unbeatable with Harper in there though... [/QUOTE]
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