What starting nine,AL games with the DH, baseball lineup would you rather have...
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...a lineup of strictly HR/power hitting all or nothing types (Canseco,Judge,Dave Kingman) or hit for high average types (Gwynn, Boggs, Rose). Which team do you think would win a seven game series? I'll go with the hit for average team.
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I would prefer the latter but think the series would be a tossup. hitting doesn't win a seven game series, pitching does, and good pitching can neutralize the high averages. during the 1995 regular season the Cleveland Indians fielded a Team that for a good part of the season averaged .300+, yet they were dominated by the pitching of the Atlanta braves.
I think a Team with average hitters and guys that can hit the ball out might be a better option. even as I type it that answer doesn't seem logical but it's the one I'd want.
Aaron Judge's OPS+ sits at a whopping 193 this year. If that is all or nothing, count me in
I think of Rob Deer more as an all or nothing guy. Of course a lineup of Rob Deer types would not do nearly as well as bona fide hall famer hitters like Rose, Boggs, or Gwynn.
A lineup of Harmon Killebrews's and Mike Schmidt's who were often called "all or nothing guys," now that lineup would do better than the Gwynn lineup.