Sunday, March 27, 2011

Opening Day Lineups vs. Pitchers

Fausto Carmona vs. White Sox lineup (career)

1.__ LF__ Juan Pierre _______.125/.222/.125 (9PAs)
2.__ 2B__ Gordon Beckham ___.167/.444/.167 (9 PAs)
3.__ CF__ Alex Rios _________.167/.250/.167 (20 PAs)
4.__ DH__ Adam Dunn ______.000/.000/.000 (8 PAs) 4 KOs
5.__ 1B__ Paul Konerko ______.364/.556/.909 (18 PAs) 2 HRs
6.__ RF__ Carlos Quentin _____.000/.333/.000 (3 PAs)
7.__ SS__Alexei Ramirez ______.222/.300/.222 (10 PAs)
8.__ C___ A.J. Pierzynski _____.286/.318/.381 (22 PAs)
9.__ 3B__ Brent Morel _______.500/.500/2.000 (2 PAs) 1 HR

Wow. That is domination. (Morel dominates Carmona. hehe) Word of advice, don't let Konerko beat you.

Ttfc vs. Mark Buerhle

1.__ CF__ Michael Brantley _____.222/.222/.222 (9PAs)
2.__ SS__ Asdrubal Cabrera _____.207/.281/.241 (32 PAs)
3.__ RF__ Shin-Soo Choo ______.385/.448/.615 (29 PAs) 1 HR
4.__ C___ Carlos Santana ______(0 PAs) Never faced the White Sox
5.__ DH__ Travis Hafner ______.233/.361/.400 (72 PAs) 2 HRs
6.__ 2B__ Orlando Cabrera _____.347/.396/.469 (54 PAs) 1 HR
7.__ LF__Austin Kearns _______.500/.500/.667 (6 PAs)
8.__ 1B___ Matt LaPorta _______.188/.235/.250 (17 PAs)
9.__ 3B__ Jack Hannahan ______.333/.429/.667 (8 PAs)

Prediction: White Sox 12, Cleveland 0. Just kidding. I think predicting a single baseball game is silly. But it will interesting to see how Santana does against the crafty lefty. I would be surprised to see the White Sox score a bunch of runs. Fausto has good numbers against them, and it is April in Cleveland.

It will also be interesting to see how Matt LaPorta does. He is squeezed between two Buehrle killers. So, he should see a ton of fastballs. (Again, kidding.) But Buehrle is a good test for our troubled right handed slugger. LaPorta is struggling against the off speed stuff, and that is all Buerhle is going to throw him. But it is lefty-righty. So, LaPorta should able to see the pitches. I am not going to focus on results. I will look for contact on swings and laying off pitches outside the strike zone. It is a long season. So, nothing here is definitive. But this will be the first measure tracking LaPorta.

Coming soon. Masterson dominates lefties. Or does he?

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