Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:17 am
Excellent point tdkearns. OK, so that's my next question. I did start Snell (LHP/9R) and it worked out (he allowed 3 runs in 6 and beat Gerrit Cole) even though I never checked the RH hitters on the other team and today found that many of them are like 1L or 2L. No one was particularly overbalanced - two hitters were 3L. One was Harper, who is a lefty with a 3L. He luckily didn't hurt me with just 2 singles and a walk, but could have.
Here's my question. I'm creating an alternate LHSP lineup against a friend of mine tonight who has Marco Gonzales starting. He's a 5R lefty. So in this case do I try to stack my lineup with LHs who are lefty balanced? I'm still trying to figure out the whole strategy of Strat with this. Obviously I have RHs who hit lefties better, but I also have a few lefties who are lefty balanced (Kiermaier, Reddick) and some RHs who are neutral or SHs who are not particularly overbalanced. Do I avoid RHs as much as possible in this situation, but also avoid LHs who are farther overbalanced against RHPs like Matt Olson (4R) and Mitch Moreland (5R) in favor of a Kole Calhoun who is 1R? The lineup I set is: Kiermaier L/2L, Calhoun L/1R, Reddick L/3L, Gleyber Torres R/E, Olson L/4R (Moreland is my other 1B), Roberto Perez R/2L (my other catcher is Cervelli who is 3R), Schoop R/3L, Jose Ramirez S/E, Lorenzo Cain R/E. On the bench I have Adalberto Mondesi (S/2R), Candelario (S/1R), Pederson (L/5R), Cervelli and Moreland. Who "wins" when you have a more dominant LH starter against RH hitters and a lineup of RH hitters who hit LHPs better?
Thanks in advance!
KJ