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To: Rarebird who wrote (16094)7/5/2011 10:18:45 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) of 29239
 
interesting piece on ESPN insider today. Dan Szymborski did some research and found that the gap between the OPS of the Tigers' four best bats and their four worst starters is the widest in baseball history.

"When one looks at the 2011 Detroit Tigers, one sees a team of stark extremes. Detroit possesses four of the top 25 position players in the AL by wins above replacement (WAR) in Jhonny Peralta, Miguel Cabrera, Alex Avila and Brennan Boesch. They also have the third-best pitcher in the league by WAR, Justin Verlander. Yet the Tigers are only a few games above .500 and in second place in a weak AL Central.

Looking at Detroit's starting lineup, it's striking to see the gulf between the players that are contributing and the players that aren't. With the players mentioned above and Victor Martinez's bat, the Tigers offense should rank higher than fifth in the AL in runs scored. But that is where it stands, thanks to Magglio Ordonez, Ryan Raburn, Ramon Santiago and Brandon Inge, all of whom have an OPS below .600. "

He went on to say that teams in the top 10 most imbalanced actually have a slightly better track record for scoring runs than the 10 most balanced. Not sure it all means a ton, but interesting nonetheless.
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