Wild tendencies- the Marlins should take advantage

[Chad Turner]

Weird Marlins batting order stats:  10-34 when Anderson starts.  4-15 when Burger hits 4th, 7-6 when he hits 6th.  13-13 when Jazz bats 1 thru 3, 2-13 when he bats 6th.  1-12 when Avi started a game.  13-7 when Gordon bats 6th, 5-15 when he bats anywhere else.  6-6 when Lopez bats 5 thru 7, 4-10 when he bats 8 or 9. 10-6 when Sanchez bats 4th, 0-6 when he bats 2 or 6.

Our optimal lineup would be: 1 Edwards SS, 2 Jazz CF, 3 Bel 1Bl, 4 Sanchez RF, 5 Burger 3B, 6 Gordon LF, 7 DLC DH, 8 Brujan 2B, 9 Fortes.  Theoretically, we would be 2 games over .500 with that lineup.

We are 4-17 when Bell is the DH, and 17-23 when he's on first.  We are 11-6 when Brujan plays SS, 0-8 when he's on third.  Whe are 17-21 when DLC is DH, 3-20 in LF. We are 19-20 with Gordon in LF. We are 10-12 with Lopez at 2B, 0-4 when he's at 3B.  We are 1-0 with Myers  in LF, 1-6 in RF.  We are 10-11 when Rivera plays 3B, 0-8 at 1B.  We are 20-23 when Sanchez starts.

There are some major tendencies that we should practice.  Don't let Anderson start (10-34), 12-8 when he doesn't.  Don't let Bell DH (4-17) or let him bat 2nd (3-12).  Don't start Brujan at 3B (0-8), start him at 2B/SS (14-10).  Don't bat Jazz in the 5 or 6 hole (5-22).   Don't start DLC in LF (3-20).  Don't start Rivera at 1B (0-8), start him at 3B (10-11). Don't start Lopez at 3B (0-4), start him at 2B (10-12).  Let Gordon bat 6th (13-7) vs 7th or 8th (5-14).  Bat Lopez in the 7 hole (5-4) vs 5-12 anywhere else.  Bat Sanchez cleanup (10-6) and don't bat him 6th (0-5).  Bat Burger 5th (7-6) vs 3 or 4 (6-21).

Sit the following players vs LHP: Bell .195 (avg vs LHP) vs .288 (avg vs RHP), Sanchez .125 vs .264, Burger .161 vs .255, Lopez .214 vs .328, Fortes .125 vs .197.  

Start vs LHP: Anderson .242 vs .155, Bethancourt .185 vs .136, Myers ('23 numbers) .400 vs .213, Rivera .235 vs .192, DLC .292 vs .224.

Brujan and Edwards are slightly better vs RHP.  Gordon and Jazz can hit either pretty well.