It was announced yesterday that the Pirates will bat, Ronny Cedeno in the 9th spot of the order, and bat the pitchers spot, 8th. I am very much against this move. I have never been a fan of the pitcher batting anywhere, but 9th in the batting order. I understand that Tony LaRussa did it, in St. Louis, so a lot of managers have to follow suit, but I do not think the Pirates have the personnel to do this move, and have it be successful.
The overall point is the odds of the situation. You’re more likely to have the 8th spot end an inning than the 9th, and some people would like to have the 9th spot, be some one that can lead-off an inning better than the pitcher. My concern is, are you limiting Ronny Cedeno’s at-bats by doing this? If it works, and the Pirates get a few more runs as a result, I will be thrilled, but unfortunately, I see this being pretty short-term, as I’d imagine, the pitcher will be back in the 9th spot, before mid-season.
I am not saying Ronny is some kind of all-star waiting to happen, but I just don’t like the pitcher at 8. It just doesn’t make sense to me, and personally, I hope it doesn’t last that long. We’ll see, maybe Russell is a genius in waiting and he knows something we all don’t. I hope that is the case, but it isn’t that likely.
How is Russel a major league manager?
ReplyDeleteBecause he comes pretty cheap. I am willing to give him another season, because I don't think it is fair to judge him based on his record of his first couple seasons. A lot of talent was traded. He has his core, and he needs to win with it, soon.
ReplyDeleteSteven, there is an article or like statistically speaking how this works for the pirates, typically akinori can get on base same with mccutchen , if we can have guys on for them it will be better, let me show you the site, http://tinyurl.com/ycdol9b... See more
ReplyDeletethe pirates technically add runs to the line up and are going with the math