Best Lineup - Minnesota Twins

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