The Welcome Back Two Team Baseball Draft 00-79 QF2 : 500 v Stakes

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500

1900 - 1979

LINEUP
1. Harry Heilmann (R) - RF
2. Charlie Gehringer (L) - 2B
3. Mickey Mantle (B) - CF
4. Hank Greenberg (R) - 1B
5. Dick Allen (R) - 3B
6. Charlie Keller (L) - LF
7. Minnie Minoso (R) - DH
8. Wally Schang (B) - C
9. Luke Appling (R) - SS

ROTATION
1. Steve Carlton (L)
2. Gaylord Perry (R)
3. Robin Roberts (R)
4. Paul Derringer (R)
5. Sam McDowell (L)

PEN
Tug McGraw (L)
Bobby Shantz (L)
Al Worthington (R)
Jim Kern (R)

VS

STAKES

1900 - 1979

LINEUP
1. Lou Brock (L) - LF
2. Bobby Doerr (R) - 2B
3. Lou Gehrig (L) - 1B
4. Duke Snider (L) - CF
5. Dave Winfield (R) - RF
6. Billy Williams (L) - DH
7. Gabby Hartnett (R) - C
8. Graig Nettles (L) - 3B
9. Maury Wills (B) - SS

ROTATION
1. Tom Seaver (R)
2. Jim Palmer (R)
3. Bert Blyleven (R)
4. Jim Bunning (R)
5. Tommy John (L)

PEN
Jeff Reardon (R)
Willie Hernandez (L)
Greg Minton (R)
Rick Honeycutt (L)

 

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Judges do what you do, include a brief write up please.


@Mebert
@Kburjr
@Tducey

 

[Tducey]

Stakes for me. This one's largely based upon an overall stronger rotation and bullpen. Doesn't hurt to have the best 1st baseman ever in the lineup as well.

 

[Kburjr]

Yep. Stakes it is. I like his pitching staff overall. Interesting lineup note with Wills and Brock batting 9-1. Chang may come down with a sore arm.

Stakes

 

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Thank you judges.


Congrats @stakesarehigh

 

[stakesarehigh]

Yep. Stakes it is. I like his pitching staff overall. Interesting lineup note with Wills and Brock batting 9-1. Chang may come down with a sore arm.

Stakes

Thanks for calling out the Wills/Brock combo. I may have reached a little for Wills but having those two back to back the second time through was intriguing to me

 

[stakesarehigh]

GG @Pack 500

 

[stakesarehigh]

Totally random observation but I was looking at Nettles advanced stats and he never posted a league average BABIP. In fact he had among the worst of all time. Imagine if he had posted anywhere near league average.

How fluky.

 

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Totally random observation but I was looking at Nettles advanced stats and he never posted a league average BABIP. In fact he had among the worst of all time. Imagine if he had posted anywhere near league average.

How fluky.

Interesting. You would think that would correct over the larger sample

 

[Kburjr]

Interesting. You would think that would correct over the larger sample

Looking at his flyball/ground ball ration and his field coverage pretty well explains it. Pull hitting ground ball artist. The holes are pretty small in MLB.

 

[stakesarehigh]

Looking at his flyball/ground ball ration and his field coverage pretty well explains it. Pull hitting ground ball artist. The holes are pretty small in MLB.

No doubt. He was before his time lol. Boom or bust hitter