February 20, 2003
Reds Lineup:
Rob Neyer has a good two part column today, and I'm posting about the 2nd part. It appears that Bob Boone wants to use Adam Dunn as his leadoff man. Rob appears not to like the move much, mostly because Dunn has a high OBA and power.
So the question becomes, is this really the best lineup that Bob Boone can come up with?
Without running every reasonable lineup through a computer simulation a few hundred times, my answer is, "Probably not. But it's probably not far off, either."
Based on projections -- and what most of us think anyway -- Dunn is the best hitter the Reds have. And it's odd to see a team's best hitter at the top of the lineup, especially when he stands six-feet-six and weighs 240 pounds.
Rob correctly points out, however, that there is a lot of power in the Reds lineup. So I really question, then if you are wasting Dunn's power in the leadoff spot. Griffey, Kearns and Casey need someone to drive in. Why not put your best OBA guy in front of them. So what if he's slow, with that kind of power behind him, he won't need to be fast.
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