LINEUP ADVICE REQUEST FOR THIS SHEA BALLCLUB

[LA Bear]

Lineup vs. LHP
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1. Damon, Johnny (L) CF
2. Rollins, Jimmy (S) SS
3. Matsui, Hideki (L) LF
4. Lamb, Mike (L) 1B
5. Nevin, Phil (R) DH
6. Varitek, Jason (S) C
7. Kielty, Bobby (S) RF
8. Koskie, Corey (L) 3B
9. Hudson, Orlando (S) 2B

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Lineup vs. RHP
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1. Damon, Johnny (L) CF
2. Rollins, Jimmy (S) SS
3. Matsui, Hideki (L) LF
4. Lamb, Mike (L) 1B
5. Nevin, Phil (R) DH
6. Varitek, Jason (S) C
7. Sweeney, Mark (L) RF
8. Koskie, Corey (L) 3B
9. Hudson, Orlando (S) 2B

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[visick]

How about posting a link to this team?

IMHO...

Damon is a decent enough lead-off guy, but he might be better served in a clutch hitting position. I don't see anyone else who can lead-ff for you, so he'll have to do I guess. (Rollins "could" lead-off vs. LH's)

Matsui should bat a bit lower in the lineup vs. LH's. Prolly go with Varitek in the 3 hole vs. LH's.

Koskie "could" use a platoon vs. LH's. Merloni would be nice.

[bleacher_creature]

What SoCal said, plus:

I might have concerns about Nevin. I had him in Safeco (semi-similar park), and he under performed. Perhaps he will benefit if your league/dvivision comes at you with a lot of LHPs.

That's what I would watch for. People will see Shea, and come at you hard from the left side, or with reverse righties (Woody W.).

Koskie needs a platoon for sure.

[visick]

You NEED a lefty bat that hits lefties well.

Guys that come to mind are: (in no particular order)
Giambi
Gload
Lu. Gonz.
Patterson
even a guy like Newhan is decent.

[JAYDINGESS1]

Viz is right.

Gload is great in Shea. Right except about Koskie. Great is Shea, not for average, but lots of homers and RBI. Varitek, IMHO, is very overpriced. I like Burke or Kendall here. Matsui not in 3 hole against lefties. Wilkerson good here. Lots out there. Look for lh pop that hit lefties. You will see many lhp.

GL

[LA Bear]

Thanks. With 4 Shea teams in the league, the pickings are pretty slim. I focussed on my vs. LHP lineup.

Dropped Matsui a few notches and upped the rest of the order, swapped Damon and Rollins, and slotted Mr. OBP Hill into the #9 hole. I missed on Kendall in the draft, and MANY others. :) Matsui, Lamb, Nevin as my core 3 was about the best I could pull together.

[JAYDINGESS1]

See if you can page qk for this. No one better is Shea than qk.

GL again

[bleacher_creature]

It seems like Luis Gonzalez would be a great answer for this if available. He is basically Gload for $1.79M, albeit with about 200 fewer ABs. Of course you could reserve him to play primarily at home vs LHPs.

It also seems a RH hitter like E. Martinez ($.90M) provides great protection against hard lefties. He will hit doubles, and won't get killed in Shea with only 2 BPHRs vs LHPs. I have him in Safeco as a lefty DH platoon (124 ABs):

..ba...obp...slg
.274/.383/.492

...more than one way to skin cat grasshoppa. :x