Detz at 3B- Porter DH'ing tonight

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I'd like to see this all week. DO NOT CHANGE and let's see what we get after a week of results
 

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Correct...Best lineup I've seen this year.

Porter needs to be in the linuep every day.

Pirtle's spot at second needs to be prettymuch locked up as well. Now 10 for his last 24 during this team's offensive slump...

The "questions" now need only be between Henderson and Robson -- Detz and Norris right now IMO.
 

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I wish our SID or whoever does these things could give us the lefty righty splits. I'd be down with a Norris-Detz platoon if the numbers add up. Henderson is my LF.
 

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I wish our SID or whoever does these things could give us the lefty righty splits. I'd be down with a Norris-Detz platoon if the numbers add up. Henderson is my LF.

I agree. Henderson needs to be the guy with Robson getting some time here and there.

Detz has got to be moved out of the 4-hole. slide him behind Rea and Porter
 

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Is detz in a slump or have people figured out how to pitch to him?

He's facing better pitching and his numbers are dropping. He's ok but he isnt someone that needs to hit in the 4-hole. He's a singles hitter
 

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I agree. Henderson needs to be the guy with Robson getting some time here and there.

Detz has got to be moved out of the 4-hole. slide him behind Rea and Porter

Why? I still like him in the 4-hole with Rea and Porter behind him although he's obviously not a prototypical 4-hole guy.

With this current lineup, you've got high OB, high OB, Slugger, high OB, Slugger, Slugger. That's L,L,R,L,R,L. My only issue with this setup is that Detz has been striking out way more often than I expected him to -- and Renfroe is striking out way less. In my head, I also saw Detz dividing the K risks that are Renfroe and Rea -- but it hasn't exactly transpired in reality thusfar...
 

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Detz cleanup is dumb as hell.

Here we go with your moronism's again. You obviously need a refresher course in how I slaughtered you last time you tried to engage this lineup discussion.

MY lineup put up 13 tonight against one of the best midmajors in the country.... How has yours been doing lately?
 
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Best line up all year. Only changes I want slaughter in the catcher spot. He is never going to set the world on fire hitting. But I think our young staff needs him all 3 weekend games.

Left field is almost a who has not done the worst lately. Henderson is not producing very much. But Cohen has given Armstrong, Robson, and Fullerton chances in the past week to make a statement. And well none of them did.
 

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Or maybe lets try woodruff out there one game. Might help him get his confidence up and take his mind off pitching for a game.
 

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Or maybe lets try woodruff out there one game. Might help him get his confidence up and take his mind off pitching for a game.

IMO that's actually an intriguing idea. Just wish we had a few more layup games to experiment on that level -- and we have none the rest of the way. The next 3 weeks are totally insane from a schedule standpoint -- really the entire rest of the year.

I wouldn't mind seeing him get an AB here or there though to see if he's swinging it -- and if he does then giving him an opportunity out there...
 

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Why? I still like him in the 4-hole with Rea and Porter behind him although he's obviously not a prototypical 4-hole guy.
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1) He's a singles hitter
2) People will more likely pitch around Renfroe to face him
3) Now that he is seeing better pitching, he is hitting around .240 since SEC play started
4) We need Rea and Porter behind Renfroe to give us some pop in the middle
 

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1) He's a singles hitter
2) People will more likely pitch around Renfroe to face him
3) Now that he is seeing better pitching, he is hitting around .240 since SEC play started
4) We need Rea and Porter behind Renfroe to give us some pop in the middle

I am ready for Engie's path of destruction to come through here. He's a modern day Sherman I'm told.
 

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Here we go with your moronism's again. You obviously need a refresher course in how I slaughtered you last time you tried to engage this lineup discussion.

MY lineup put up 13 tonight against one of the best midmajors in the country.... How has yours been doing lately?

Um... We're 7-1 with Renfroe cleanup, 6-5 with him 3 hole.

Renfroe's slugging is twice that of Rea. Your 'slaughtering' was based on your retarded notion of Rea out slugging Renfroe. Laughable

Try again in the future, as far as lineups go you can sit that discussion out. Detz cleanup? Absurd.
 

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Um... We're 7-1 with Renfroe cleanup, 6-5 with him 3 hole.
Has nothing at all to do with him being LOCKED into the 3-hole during conference play. No, Nothing...
Of course, I'm sure swapping his spot in the lineup from 3 to 4 wins a couple of these games** Laughable.

Renfroe's slugging is twice that of Rea. Your 'slaughtering' was based on your retarded notion of Rea out slugging Renfroe. Laughable
No -- my slaughtering was your ignorant argument not following it's own basis. That's it. Feel free to show me where "I said that Rea should be batting 4th" though -- because it has not happened.

Try again in the future, as far as lineups go you can sit that discussion out. Detz cleanup? Absurd.
Why is it absurd. Feel free to use facts... if you can...
 

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1) He's a singles hitter - Best OB% on the team -- Works as second leadoff for Rea/Porter, after Frasier and Bradford set the plate for Renfroe
2) People will more likely pitch around Renfroe to face him - This is true -- but then he's still more likely to get on base and have multiple ducks on the pond for Rea and Porter.
3) Now that he is seeing better pitching, he is hitting around .240 since SEC play started -- Is it a trend or a short lull? That's what needs to be established. How has he hit our pitching in scrimmages? I don't pretend to know. I do know that no one other than Renfroe has been really hitting these past 2 weeks consistently well.
4) We need Rea and Porter behind Renfroe to give us some pop in the middle -- True. But why do they need to be directly behind Renfroe? I don't like the proposition of having singles, singles, power, power, power, singles, singles, singles, singles. That's essentially 6 leadoff men for our power hitters -- thus it would require 3 hits to score 2/3 of the time

This is why I think we've seen Cohen keep trying to bat Rea 6th or 7th. To break up our power potential. For this reason, I wouldn't be surprised to see him bat Porter or Rea 7th -- which breaks down to singles, singles, power, singles, power, singles, power, singles, singles. That gives you 4 leadoffs for Renfroe -- and at least 1 for every other power guy.

Ideally, you get Norris, Pirtle, Henderson, Slauter or one of the other guys at the bottom of the lineup to start hitting for some(at least gap to gap) power -- and then you can stack the power guys at the top like you want 3, 4, 5 -- put Detz 6th and then bat another power guy in the 7 or 8 hole...
 
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There is no need to break it up like that Engie. The reason Miggy and Prince hit back to back is so that when people are on base if the first power guy doesn't get it done (7 out of 10 times) the next power guy is there. You don't want singles hitters cleanup Engie.

Also, you can't qualify Renfroe as just power, as he gets on base more than anybody, Rea too for that matter. It isn't about singles vs power. It's about maximizing runs.
 

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There is no need to break it up like that Engie. The reason Miggy and Prince hit back to back is so that when people are on base if the first power guy doesn't get it done (7 out of 10 times) the next power guy is there. You don't want singles hitters cleanup Engie.

Also, you can't qualify Renfroe as just power, as he gets on base more than anybody, Rea too for that matter. It isn't about singles vs power. It's about maximizing runs.

And you've yet to show anyone here that your "100% efficiency" method creates **** for more runs. Why? Because it doesn't.

There's also a reason that about half of MLB teams are now putting run-producers in the 7-hole as well... but I'll let you figure that out -- which you won't. You just want to beat a dead horse on one little PIECE of the overall puzzle -- you lack the ability to look at the big picture of what makes the cumulative total better.

You literally can't get technical enough with this to tell me right now that hitting Detz 4th is a mistake -- not with current statistics and Rea and Porter hitting behind him.

Now, if teams start consistently throwing around Renfroe -- and Detz doesn't go back to being the hitter he was for the first 20 games or otherwise drops off from our #2 RBI and OB player -- then we can discuss moving him down. Until then, you are just arguing for the sake of arguing -- which we all know you love to do anyway...

How does batting Rea 4th -- who is still a big K liability -- produce more runs than Detz, who is a better contact hitter, has higher OB%, and higher slugging percentage right now? That's right -- it doesn't. If Rea starts really slugging like he has potential to -- again -- we can revisit.
 
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Um they will pitch around Renfroe to get to Detz where they wouldn't to get to Rea and Porter. Since they will have to pitch to Renfroe we will score more runs. That wasn't so hard.

Goat is right in saying you have an inability to use statistics. Seriously, you are saying Detz will produce more runs than Rea? And you really think Detz will finish slugging higher than Rea? You are a joke when it comes to baseball.
 

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Um they will pitch around Renfroe to get to Detz where they wouldn't to get to Rea and Porter. Since they will have to pitch to Renfroe we will score more runs. That wasn't so hard.

Goat is right in saying you have an inability to use statistics. Seriously, you are saying Detz will produce more runs than Rea? And you really think Detz will finish slugging higher than Rea? You are a joke when it comes to baseball.

LULZ...

They pitch around Renfroe to get to a better contact, higher slugging, better OB hitter than Rea currently? Ok**

News flash sherlock -- they are pitching around Renfroe right now REGARDLESS of who hits behind him. He's that hot. Put Rea 4th and see if it quits happening -- It won't. If anything, they can pitch around Renfroe even MORE with Rea next, because REA has a HUGE obvious hole in his swing that he's yet to show ANYONE he's effectively closed. The only way to protect Renfroe right now is for the guys in front of him to get on base giving them nowhere to put him.

Quoting goat now? You two are a perfect match! Probably the only two on your(at least) 3rd username on the new SPS... Coincidental? I doubt it.

Do I think Detz will finish with a higher slugging? Does it matter? He's got the higher slugging right now -- that is ALL you can base things on RIGHT NOW. Your approach towards our hitting lineup would have Woodruff pitching on Friday night -- because "he's the best pitcher on the team" despite not even being close to that RIGHT NOW -- which is the same exact argument I made in the other thread between Rea and Renfroe -- of course now it's becoming much more clear that Renfroe is finally living up to his potential in his final year here. You literally want to set a lineup up in theory without seeing a damn thing on the field first.

I'm a joke when it comes to baseball? Hilarious... especially coming from you. You don't know JACK **** about the game of baseball. Literally everything you think you know, you learned from reading a couple of websites and labeling yourself a guru. I learned what I know in person from great baseball minds playing the game at a pretty high level -- and having a couple connections that allowed me to "see behind the curtain" in MLB growing up -- several people in this thread know all this already...

This argument is stupid though -- and I'm not wasting any more time with your ridiculous approach. Coach and I can disagree like adults -- and everything is fine. That's how baseball discussion (on the most trivial of matters) is supposed to be.
 
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Do I think Detz will finish with a higher slugging? Does it matter? He's got the higher slugging right now -- that is ALL you can base things on RIGHT NOW.

And this is where you don't know how to combine statistics and common sense.


and having a couple connections that allowed me to "see behind the curtain" in MLB growing up -- several people in this thread know all this already...

Joe Torre was ****ing one man over in the WBC. That was not smart. I don't give a 17 if you saw the MLB curtains. Doesn't make you right in an argument.
 

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Holy crap, son, just shut up. He has completely destroyed you here.

There is no need to break it up like that Engie. The reason Miggy and Prince hit back to back is so that when people are on base if the first power guy doesn't get it done (7 out of 10 times) the next power guy is there. You don't want singles hitters cleanup Engie.

Reread this, it says all you need to know.
 

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And this is where you don't know how to combine statistics and common sense.
Hilarious.

Joe Torre was ****ing one man over in the WBC. That was not smart. I don't give a 17 if you saw the MLB curtains. Doesn't make you right in an argument.
Correct. It simply establishes a lifelong baseball pedigree that goes beyond reading really 2 websites and labeling yourself a baseball guru... which is what you've done.
 

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Will has called in his reinforcement(singular), I see...

Good example of projection. You NEED the approval of others (plural) whereas I don't need board approval to know I'm right. If credibility is what you are truly after, you've lost a ton these past couple of days.
 

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Actually, I've just given up. But Will is right on this.

Right on what? That Detz can't hit in the 4-hole despite the fact that he's still the 2nd best RBI guy, 3rd best slugging, and best OB guy on our team?

Where do you then hit Detz? You go with 3 power guys in a row and turn the entire rest of the lineup into singles hitters?

Agree to disagree. I LOVE the lineup we used last night in the first 7 batters -- and hope it stays.
 

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Right on what? That Detz can't hit in the 4-hole despite the fact that he's still the 2nd best RBI guy, 3rd best slugging, and best OB guy on our team?

Only a moron thinks he will be those things going forward in SEC play...

Stats + common sense Engie.
 

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Good example of projection. You NEED the approval of others (plural) whereas I don't need board approval to know I'm right. If credibility is what you are truly after, you've lost a ton these past couple of days.

God I sure hope I don't lose credibility in the eyes of Will James**

Engie lineup - 12 earned runs. 2nd best team win of the season.

Will James lineup - ?? Oh, that's right -- Renfroe is locked into the 3-hole EXACTLY like I, Todd, and MANY of us said was what needed to happen -- and you called literally everyone who disagreed with you stupid...and even BOASTED that Cohen was using your lineup as evidence that "you were right" the few times he was in the 4-hole early in the season while Rea was out injured. Fire Cohenz?**
 
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Only a moron thinks he will be those things going forward in SEC play...
Stats + common sense Engie.

Only a moron thinks they can predict the future by ignoring the past. Simple fact.

Past performance is the best indicator of future performance. Also "common sense".
 

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Only a moron thinks they can predict the future by ignoring the past. Simple fact.

Past performance is the best indicator of future performance. Also "common sense".

Ignoring the past? Have you seen the PAST few weekends? In SEC PLAY

slugging: Detz 8th
on- base: Detz 6th
RBI's: Detz 6th

Lulz

ETA He was 2-11 against UCA. So our last 3 weekend series' Detz is 5-28 but lets bat him cleanup!!!1!!111!!
 

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Ignoring the past? Have you seen the PAST few weekends? In SEC PLAY

slugging: Detz 8th
on- base: Detz 6th
RBI's: Detz 6th

Lulz

ETA He was 2-11 against UCA. So our last 3 weekend series' Detz is 5-28 but lets bat him cleanup!!!1!!111!!

I'm calling the last 3 weekends the anomaly -- not the reality of who he is. Cohen obviously agrees since he hasn't been dropped in the lineup -- nor was CT Bradford when I believe you were one of the ones calling for his head and wanting him moved to the 9-hole when he went cold a few weeks ago.

A whole bunch of players haven't hit for **** in these past 3 series. If we're relying solely on those stats to set our lineup, Pirtle needs to be in the 4-hole -- but of course, that sounds pretty ridiculous and unrealistic...because a few good games do not override the story of the entire season. Fact is, over the entire season, Detz has been our second best RBI guy.

I repeat, he's been better at getting runners home that Rea or Porter this year -- even when looked at on an rbi/ab perspective. Nevermind how much more often he gets on base compared to those two.

If he continues this slump he's in, then of course changes will need to be made. I'm hedging my bets that it's a slump -- not who he is as a hitter.
 
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I'm calling the last 3 weekends the anomaly -- not the reality of who he is. Cohen obviously agrees since he hasn't been dropped in the lineup -- nor was CT Bradford when I believe you were one of the ones calling for his head and wanting him moved to the 9-hole when he went cold a few weeks ago.

I believe you need to start finding quotes instead of putting words in my mouth. Again.

http://forums.sixpackspeak.com/show...t-0-for-11-for-the-weekend&highlight=bradford
 

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You must not know what "I believe" means in comparison with "you did"

Congrats on not being a total moron on that one thing -- although you certainly bitched about the proposition of CT drag ****ing -- which was ultimately a huge spark to our offense last night in the first...