UPDATE: Guess what just happened in today's (7/9) game? Kemp singles to LF and Wolf bunts him over. Sigh.
STOP BATTING MATT KEMP EIGHTH! The following is just a single reason (there are many) why batting Kemp so low in the order is a mistake.
Matt Kemp has stolen 19 of 23 bases so far this season, good enough for an 82.6% stolen base success rate. You might be thinking to yourself "hey that's pretty good, I would kill to have a player with such assets on the base paths." And you'd be thinking right! Perhaps then you could talk some sense into Joe Torre regarding his lineup for us frustrated Dodger fans. Note the past two games against the New York Mets.
7/7/09 vs. NYM
Top 2nd
Matt Kemp- Single to 3B
Clayton Kershaw- Bunt Groundout (Kemp to 2B)
Top 5th
Matt Kemp- Single to LF
Clayton Kershaw- Bunt Groundout (Kemp to 2B)
7/8/09 vs. NYM
Top 2nd
Matt Kemp- Single to LF
Hiroki Kuroda- Bunt Groundout (Kemp to 2B)
Top 4th
Matt Kemp- Single to CF
Hiroki Kuroda- Bunt Groundout (Kemp to 2B)
Anyone else notice a pattern? What's the point of having a speedster on the bases if you're only going to sacrifice him over every time. Joe Torre is, in essence, neutralizing the stolen base weapon that is Matt Kemp. If you're going to do that, why not re-insert notorious speedster Casey Blake in the eighth spot like you did the first 30 or so games of the year. How did the team fare during that stretch? Oh yeah, 21-9. My bad.
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2 comments:
Just a heads up--today's game is 7/9, not 7/10.
thanks for the tip. corrected.
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