Farrell: EE may start the season in the cleanup spot
Posted: Sun Apr 1, 2012 9:19 pm
Encarnacion batting cleanup something you’ll go with on Opening Day?
“It’s one possibility. The way Edwin’s been swinging the bat all spring, he’s in a good place, he took some very good swings again (Saturday), we’re going to have to stack some right-handers in there somewhere, so that’s the configuration at the moment.
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That's great news although it's a big bunching of the RHB in the same area and can expose a vulnerability to a LHR late in a game. EE had a .787 OPS/.344 wOBA last year while Lind had a .734 OPS/.314 wOBA.
They're probably going to have to put Escobar at leadoff to space out the RHB a bit.
“It’s one possibility. The way Edwin’s been swinging the bat all spring, he’s in a good place, he took some very good swings again (Saturday), we’re going to have to stack some right-handers in there somewhere, so that’s the configuration at the moment.
http://gregorchisholm.mlblogs.com/
That's great news although it's a big bunching of the RHB in the same area and can expose a vulnerability to a LHR late in a game. EE had a .787 OPS/.344 wOBA last year while Lind had a .734 OPS/.314 wOBA.
They're probably going to have to put Escobar at leadoff to space out the RHB a bit.