Player 1: .296/.367/.459 .825 OPS SB% 82.7% K 15.8%
Player 2: .309/.362/.459 .821 OPS SB% 63.5% K 14.5%
Player 3: .269/.364/.401 .765 OPS SB% 77.1% K 27.2%
Those are the minor league stats of three REDS of's. All over 1700 PA, so no small sample sizes. Match them to their names and pick who you'd prefer to lead off for the team.
I'll take number 1, but there's not a lot of difference.
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Player No. 1: Heisey. Behind Door No. Two: Sappelt. Mystery Man Three: Stubbs.
Heisey does seem to have the slight edge as a potential leadoff man, based on his cumulative minor league stats. Then again, his .307 OBP this season would suggest otherwise.
The last two seasons, when Sappelt changed his swing mechanics, he has shown exactly this.
Sappelt went 32/11/10 in XBH last season in 133 games.
Well, if we are going to assume a .300 BABIP, a guy who strikes out less doesn't need to walk as much to post a solid OBP. So the fact that a guy strikes out less is generally going to mean he also needs to walk less in order to post a good OBP because his average is going to tend to be higher.What do you mean by "he will walk enough considering he isn't going to strike out much"?
K's are pretty meaningless vs. other outs. I certainly don't trade less walks for less K's (vs. other outs).
Just like nearly all rookies do, Sappelt has gotten away from the plate approach that worked for him in the minors. Look at the big difference between Yonder Alonso of 2010 compared to Yonder Alonso of 2011. Sappelt will be fine--he just needs a little time to get comfortable and go back to the approach that works for him.
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I would make one change to your lineup, I just think Frazier is more of a spot a day 3-4 starts a week guy (one day at 2b, 3b, and LF, SS in a case of an absolute emergency).
Sappelt LF
Phillips 2b
Votto 1b
Bruce RF
Stubbs CF
Alonso 3b
Mesoraco C
Cozart ss
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I just don't see how anyone can think Stubbs, who is below the very low standard of league average in both OBP and Slugging, is any kind of answer for the middle of the order. He's a 7 hole guy. The reds have a lot of 7 hole guys.
Stubbs has lots of speed and defense, but offensively, he's a poor man's Jonny Gomes.
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