ALTERNATIVE: Scoresheet lineup card—batting order/platoons

Scoresheet provides a useful sample for setting a lineup card with suggestions for some of the coding and such.  It is still up to the owner to put the players in order, however.  This piece will discuss techniques for ordering the batters and then employing platoon splits to further customize the lineup.

BATTING ORDER

In professional baseball, the manager has many human factors to take into consideration.  A particular player may prefer as certain position in the lineup.  There may be simple ego issues involved.  There are also front office directives that may play a role in creating a lineup card.  With Scoresheet, none of the “human” factors matter.  It is a statistical crunch, and there are a few ways to look at the order.  We will...

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