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Dont pat yourself on the back too hard as Buck is only bstting Manny keadoff by default since Dan dropped the ball for once and didnt replace Markakis with a comoetent leadoff man. Buck has said as much with Buck soeak.

You misunderstood him.

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"Come, come. The water is divine and my lover and I are enjoying roasted duck meat whilst discussing line-up optimization."

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Ridiculous. As if there is a book that discusses lineup optimization complete with well researched facts and such.

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Probably closer to 15 than 20. Despite the term "scoring position," it is possible to score from 1B on a double, triple or homer. Manny has 40 of those. 28 of them have come with the bases empty. Manny has been up with the bases empty 67% of the time. Adam Jones has been up with the bases empty 52% of the time. Jones has had quite a few more baserunners on than Manny has.

Edit: I need to amend this downward a little. If you eliminate the RBI's created by knocking yourself in with a homer, even excellent hitters only knock in about 20% of the runners who are on base. Manny is at 16.7%. So even if Manny had about 70 more runners on base (which is a reasonable estimate based on Jones' experience, and is probably a little high), he'd have maybe another 12 RBI.

Curious as to why you are using percentages (67, 52) instead of raw counting numbers.

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I remember a lot of... well... it's wasn't analysis... but whatever you want to call it, talking about how the team would be a lot better if only they'd signed a lot more talent while also keeping all the good players currently on the roster who were in line for raises. So, basically, instead of answering the question "how do we field a team within its given budget?" you refused to answer that question while insisting the budget was too low. Yes, we'd all like to go all in and sign a ton of great players. Boo hoo that didn't happen. I'm still waiting for an answer on how to dramatically improve the 2015 Orioles given their budget and without using 20/20 hindsight (like on Aoki).

lol whatever. That entire post is the barometer of pure nonsense. If that's what you really believe then it is a waste of time debating with you.

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