Best Lineup - Toronto Blue Jays

Next up on my look at each teams most efficient lineup is the Toronto Blue Jays.  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 | Twins
NL: Mets | Cubs | Padres | Marlins

See the results after the jump...


                  Best Lineups via Simulator

	vs RHP		vs LHP
1	SS-Jose Reyes		SS-Jose Reyes
2	DH-Adam Lind		LF-Melky Cabrera
3	1B-Edwin Encarnacion		RF-Jose Bautista
4	RF-Jose Bautista		1B-Edwin Encarnacion
5	CF-Colby Rasmus		3B-Brett Lawrie
6	LF-Melky Cabrera		CF-Colby Rasmus
7	3B-Brett Lawrie		C-Dioner Navarro
8	C-Dioner Navarro		DH-Moises Sierra
9	2B-Ryan Goins		2B-Ryan Goins

Typical lineup from MLBDepthCharts:
Reyes - Bautista - Encarnacion - Lind - Rasmus - Cabrera - Lawrie - Navarro - Goins

Skinny:  Jose Reyes fashions himself a pretty good leadoff hitter and he spearheads this potent Blue Jays lineup.  Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista are the two best hitters on this team and the simulator flip flops on which of the two should hit third or fourth.  The results are pretty much the same flip flopping them between the two lineup slots.  Adam Lind, who has decent pop and gets on base at a good clip is best served hitting second, in front of the two sluggers against right handed pitching.  With Lind sitting against most lefties, the switch hitting Melky Cabrera fills the second spot in the lineup the best with Brett Lawrie, Colby Rasmus and Dioner Navarro in RBI roles in the bottom half of the lineup.  Ryan Goins is a black hole with the bat and has to bat 9th in the lineup.  Moises Sierra is currently the best option to platoon with Lind but his Steamer projections are not all that good and he hits eighth.