Hey all,
Just picked up Gattis in a Championship Draft. The game placed him at catcher automatically to replace Lucroy.
Who would you put at catcher?
Gattis (5 - 9 - 1)
Lucroy (8 - 4 - 4)
Lucroy's current stats (approx. 2000 games)
Avg - .311
Slg - .432
AB/HR - 47.7
Here is my current lineup:
Lucroy, 8 4 4
Morneau, 9 5 2
Cano, 9 4 5
Rendon, 7 6 6
Alexei Ramirez, 7 5 9
Trumbo, 4 9 4
Kemp, 7 7 5
Werth, 8 6 4
Encarnacion, 6 9 3
Subs-
Donaldson, 5 9 4
M. Adams, 7 6 3
Crawford, 7 3 9
So given all that info, what do you think? Lucroy or Gattis? Would love some opinions.
Thanks all!
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I second that choice, especially because you have Trumbo in the lineup already.
Thanks for your thoughts men.
Too many boom or bust guys in one lineup is a recipe for disaster
Small sample size though. Less than 20 games. These things have a way of working themselves out I know. He'll be around .205 in no time if I leave him in. lol
plus think of it this way, it's late in the game and you're down by a run. one of your 5-7 hitters is up and you just need a base hit. you can use Lucroy as a pinch hitter. over the course of many games and ABs i would choose Gattis, but if it came down to just one AB than Lucroy would be a better choice. just because a guy isn't in your starting lineup doesn't mean he can't still help you. if you put Gattis in the sub position, you would never use him. you could take a chance and put him in hoping for a homerun, but again, if it's at the end of the game and you just need a few hits, a power hitting pinch hitter isn't going to help.
i know it's not the popular opinion around here but i'll continue to say it, BA is not the be-all, end-all stat.
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Thanks bommbs. Great advice. I'm going to go with that.