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Originally Posted by HitterD
I disagree. We were pretty much this RH heavy last year, with Cattalanatto and Hinske being the added LH bats. Our RH bats did very well against RH pitching. I'm not in the least bit concerned.
I would expect Lind to do some Platooning with Johnson in LF, so you can add a LH bat there as well.
I would also expect Russ adams to get some playing time, moving Hill to SS and Adams to 2nd base when we don't play Clayton. He is a Lefty as well. |
Wells had a career year vs. RHP, hitting 900+ OPS, his career is UNDER 800 vs. RHP. Glaus was .806.
From your #3/4 hitters, those numbers from Wells are good, but can he keep it up? Glaus's are unacceptable. Johnson also had a well above career norm year. Cat was very good, Hinske was above his career average. You cannot consistantly count on guys exceeding their career averages to balance out the lineup. For the record, Overbay was our most productive hitter vs. RHP.
Can you really expect Adam Lind to make a big impact this season? Rookies will break your heart IMO. This lineup really needs another big LH power threat.