Comments on: Ben Zobrist: A Tale of Three Seasons http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/10/ben-zobrist-a-tale-of-three-seasons/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: theguz http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/10/ben-zobrist-a-tale-of-three-seasons/#comment-13006 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:55:49 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=13269#comment-13006 Thanks Matt. Great deep dive. But remember, Zobrist is naturally a righty hitter, and OPSd far better from there last yr (.900+), while maintaining very consistent splits in his career.

Bigger Q is why Joe keeps batting him 4, instead of 2, where he is ideal. In fact, any one of Zo, Russell, Baez, or Contreras at 2 would be amazing. We already know what Zo can do there, but wanna see the youngsters really explode? Watch what happens if any of them bat in front of Bryzzo.

The most inarguable no-brainer remains Joe’s arrogant, stubborn insistence on keeping his worst hitter–Heyward, BY A MILE–killing us in the middle of the lineup. He did the same w/ Castro last yr, til the drastic benching. McCutchen got benched, Gomez RELEASED; how much longer til Joe at least sees the minimal light and bats Heyward 8th?

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