Next up on my look at each teams most efficient lineup is the Minnesota Twins. In this exercise the methodology is to use my simulator to find out which lineup wins the most games vs RH and LH pitchers. I do this by making the team of interest the "away" team, playing against a "make believe" team whose stats don't change from one sim to the next. In fact no stats (or input projections) change for either team, the only difference from one simulation to the next is the lineup of the team of interest. For player projections, I am using Steamer projections which are available on Fangraphs. The lineup results will only be as good as the projections. I am not a subject matter expert on every teams personnel but I try to use MLBDepthcharts as a guidance as to which players are starters and I tend to avoid hitting too many LH back to back when reasonably possible. Keep in mind, the results are not intended to match what a certain teams manager is most likely to do during the season.
Previous teams:
AL: Angels | Rangers | Rays
NL: Mets | Cubs | Padres
See the results after the jump...
Best Lineups Via Simulator
| vs RHP | vs LHP | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CF-Alex Presley | CF-Darin Mastroianni | |
| 2 | 1B-Joe Mauer | 2B-Brian Dozier | |
| 3 | RF-Oswaldo Arcia | 1B-Joe Mauer | |
| 4 | LF-Josh Willingham | LF-Josh Willingham | |
| 5 | DH-Jason Kubel | RF-Oswaldo Arcia | |
| 6 | 2B-Brian Dozier | DH-Chris Colabello | |
| 7 | C-Kurt Suzuki | C-Kurt Suzuki | |
| 8 | 3B-Trevor Plouffe | 3B-Trevor Plouffe | |
| 9 | SS-Pedro Florimon | SS-Pedro Florimon |
MLB Depth Charts "typical" lineup:
Presley/Mastroianni - Dozier - Mauer - Willingham - Arcia - Plouffe - Kubel/Colabello - Suzuki - Florimon
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