Eno’s Scoresheet Disasterpiece

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May 24, 2012

Sorry we haven’t been keeping up on the Scoresheet coverage. Here’s the problem: so far, my team is terrible. I don’t feel I can advise anyone on this format yet. In fact, I need your help! So, I’ll post my team here and ask you what I should do. Because the latest results just came in, and after being shut out twice this week, I’m now worst in the league at 13-31. I should sell, but I can’t sell low. I don’t even know what to sell for, other than a third baseman, and maybe some offense.

I hang my head in shame.


Save Sarris, 12-team AL-only Scoresheet
(AL-Skeeter, commished by King Kaufman).

vs RHP vs LHP
Pos Hand Batting Order Pos Hand Batting Order
SS S Cliff Pennington SS R Yunel Escobar
LF L Brett Gardner RF R Nolan Reimold
1B R Albert Pujols 1B R Albert Pujols
2B L Kelly Johnson C R Mike Napoli
C R Mike Napoli DH R Shelley Duncan
CF L Alejandro De Aza 2B L Kelly Johnson
RF R Nolan Reimold 3B R Alex Liddi
3B R Brent Morel CF L Alejandro De Aza
DH L Johnny Damon LF R Collin Cowgill
BN R Shelley Duncan BN S Cliff Pennington
BN R Yunel Escobar BN L Brett Gardner
BN R Tyler Flowers BN R Brent Morel
BN R Collin Cowgill BN R Tyler Flowers
BN R Alex Liddi BN L Johnny Damon
BN L Alexi Amarista BN L Alexi Amarista
Def Farm
C Flowers LF L Carl Crawford
1B CF R Jacob Marisnick
2B Amarista 3B R Nick Castellanos
3B Liddi? 3B R Mike Olt
SS Pennington 2B R Matt Antonelli
LF Cowgill SS R Nick Franklin
SPs Bull
Order Hand vLHP vRHP Hand
1 L Matt Moore 1 1 R Greg Holland
2 R Ubaldo Jimenez 5 2 R Addison Reed
3 L Derek Holland 1 3 L Matt Thornton
4 R Derek Lowe 2 4 L Franklin Morales
5 R Jerome Williams 3 8 L Rafael Perez
4 7 L Charlie Furbush
Long Men Farm
6 L Drew Smyly R Kyle Farnsworth
7 R Tom Wilhelmsen R Jacob Turner
8 L Brian Matusz
9 R Junichi Tazawa

So? What should I do? Sell all my veterans for prospects and young players? Which shortstop do you keep? Can’t sell Pujols low, so that means selling Napoli? If I target anything in my trades, is it more pitching or hitting? Gotta be hitting.

Sigh.

Thanks to @AgainstKyle for the picture!

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With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.

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Zach
13 years ago

Disclaimer: I know almost nothing about Scoresheet. Why are you hitting Pennington first, and why are you hitting Pujols third. Both of those seem to fly in the face of what we know about lineup optimization.

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Eno SarrisMember since 2020
13 years ago
Reply to  Zach

Actually that was the first change I made today. I don’t think it’s been a big deal, but it was a bad idea. I had Yunel in that spot for a while, and he’s supposed to have a good OBP… As for Pujols, I’ve switched him and Napoli some.

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