2016 Instructions
A reappearance in the playoffs in 2015 was nice, but the rebuilding didn’t take and there is still work to be done here.
We will see…
Active Roster
Pitchers:
Casilla,Santiago
Gallardo,Yovani
Giles,Ken
Hammel, Jason
Happ, J.A.
Jansen, Kenley
Miller,Shelby
Morin,Mike
Socolovich, Miguel
Volquez,Edinson
Ziegler, Brad
Grad
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2017*
2018*
2017
2017
2018^
2018^
2016*
2018*
2019^
2018*
2017
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14
4
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36
4
1
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2018*
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Comments
Hitters:
Minors:
Cishek, Steve
Morris,Bryan
Grad
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Alonso, Yonder
Cano,Robinson
Dietrich, Derek
Gonzalez,Adrian
Harper,Bryce
Hernandez,Enrique
Lagares,Juan
Mercer, Jordy
Pena, Brayan
Reyes, Jose
Sandoval,Pablo
Susac,Andrew
Upton, Melvin
Uribe,Juan
2019^
2017*
2019^
2018^
2016
2018*
2018*
2019^
2016
2018^
2017
2019*
2017
2016
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4
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Nicasio, Juan
Norris,Bud
Thornburg, Tyler
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Starting Line-ups
Lineup A
Lineup B
Lineup C
Lineup D
Lineup E
vs Lefty – bat R
vs Lefty - Standard
Vs Left : bat Left
vs Right: Bat Right
vs R: Standard
Lineup F
vs R: bat L
6
Mercer
6
Mercer
2
Pena
2
Pena
7
Upton
3
Gonzalez
7
Upton
7
Dietrich
9
Harper
7
Hernandez
9
Harper
9
Harper
4
Hernandez
9
Harper
4
Cano
4
Cano
3
Gonzalez
5
Uribe
3
Gonzalez
3
Gonzalez
5
Uribe
4
Cano
6
Reyes
6
Reyes
2
Susac
2
Susac
8
Lagares
8
Lagares
8
Lagares
8
Lagares
5
Sandoval
5
Sandoval
Wood, Alex
Nuno, Vidal
All Other Leftys
All other Rightys
Samardzija, Heston,
Cashner, Eovaldi,
DeGrom, Nola,
Hendricks, Iglesias,
Blanton, Eickhoff,
Shields, Hahn,
Teheran, Nelson,
Ross,
Fernandez(Jose)
In Lineup F, Deitrich comes out for Upton or Hernandez when the righty killer pitcher comes out.
.
Platoon / Injury
 Do not remove Harper, Cano, or Gonzalez once they are in the game.
 Rarely remove Lagares (probably only to pinch hit for him in the bottom of the 9th and losing and the Pinch
Hitter has a better chance).
 If Lefty Starter comes out and we are behind, Reyes and Sandoval can hit for Mercer and Uribe. If we are
ahead, leave the starters as they are better on D.
 If Righty Starter comes out for a lefty, get Mercer and Uribe in the game. Get Dietrich out of the game in this
situation (Hernandez to PH and stay or Upton on D).
Player Usage Limitations:
 Get Susac and Upton out of blow out losses. Dietrich can play LF if we are blown out to save ABs for Upton.
Upton stays if we are way ahead. If Upton is over usage, I will limit him as I play games.
 Hernandez has 202 AB but only starts against leftys. Susac has only 133 AB but also only starts v Leftys.
Position by Position:
C: Pena plays against the Rightys, Susac against the Leftys. Susac is a little better defensively, but you can
double switch with them if you need to if the pitcher is throws from the opposite side as the starter did.
1B: Gonzalez plays every day. Alonso is the injury backup.
2B: Cano starts against all but two leftys that crush lefties. Never comes out when he is in the game, and will
finish the games he doesn’t start when the lefty crusher comes out. Hernandez and Dietrich in order are
the injury replacement guys.
SS: Reyes starts versus the rightys, Mercer versus the leftys. Mercer is much better defensively, but they
both hit much better one way. If we are behind and your pitcher has changed sides, might need to make
the switch, if ahead, we will want to see Mercer in the game.
3B: Sandoval starts versus the Rightys, Uribe against the Leftys. Uribe is more balanced and better
defensively so err on having him in if you are unclear.
OF: Lagares, and Harper play all the time, but we use three guys in left field to make up for it. Other Upton
starts against most Rightys, with Dietrich against Rightys if we Must Bat Left. Hernandez starts against
the Leftys.
Pitcher hitting / Pinch hitting
 Pitchers sacrifice, even with two strikes.
 PH versus lefty: Tablesetters are Alonso (L), Mercer, Upton, Hernandez for the RBIs and power, Uribe for
beef if Hernandez is not available.
 PH versus righty: Alonso to lead off, Dietrich for lefty power, then Uribe. It is a weakness of this team.
 Bunters: Miller is the only A bunter. He will pitch first in the series so he will be available to bunt without
injury risk.
Baserunning
 Typical stealing decisions, 65%
 Who to H&R and when: we don’t use this much, poor fundamentals on this squad.
 Score at 60%, or 40% with two outs
 Send trailers to second aggressively, to third conservatively
 Send low percentage trailer when tying or go ahead run is coming to the plate at 70% or less.
 PR(s): most of the speed is in the game. Reyes if he isn’t in there.
Defense
 When we are ahead late, the platoons should be converted to the better defense as discussed above. Uribe,
Mercer, and Susac. Clearly Dietrich is out of the game at this point.
Intentional Walks
 The mega-boppers when men on and 1B open, or empty bases late and tied. Otherwise, I don’t use it much
except to get to a bad hitting pitcher or a weak clutch hitter.
Instructions for the Bottom of the 7th Inning:
 Alcohol sales are ended after the bottom of the 7th, so when you hear Take Me Out To The Ballgame, it’s last
call, order what you need to get you through the game.
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Pitching Rotation
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Games I Manage (Away)
Opp.
BAG
LVB
SBM
SCT
AZL
AGN
PVA
LAN
CHI
PBC
STL
VBS
Game #1
Miller
Home at Las Vegas
Game #1
Miller
$$$$$$$$
Opp.
BAG
LVB
$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$
Volquez
Volquez
Happ
Happ
Happ
Happ
Happ
Happ
Happ
Happ
SBM
SCT
AZL
AGN
PVA
LAN
CHI
PBC
STL
VBS
Miller
Miller
Miller
Miller
Miller
Miller
Miller
Miller
Miller
Miller
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Gallardo
Gallardo
Happ
Happ
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Game #2
Gallardo
Game #3
Volquez
$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$
Miller
Miller
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Divisional Games – ROAD GAMES
Opp.
BAG
SBM
SCT
Game #1
Miller
Miller
Miller
Game #2
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Game #3
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Game #4
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
Game #2
Hammel
Game #3
Gallardo
Divisional Games – HOME GAMES
Opp.
BAG
SBM
SCT
Game #1
Miller
Miller
Miller
Game #2
Gallardo
Gallardo
Gallardo
Game #3
Hammel
Hammel
Hammel
Game #4
Volquez
Volquez
Volquez
The back end of the bullpen is as good as you are going to find, the challenge will be to get there with a lead.
There is not an ACE on the staff, but all five of these cards are solid. Game plan is to get them through 6 innings
either tied or ahead. That’s the plan. Casilla, Socolovich, and Morin can help get a key out in the 5 th or 6th.
Starters come out in dots if it is still a game, but get us four innings at least if they get blown out early. If they
become tired in the 4th or after, they come out then. If not in dots, will try to pitch 6 innings unless they need
STOPPER help from Casilla, Socolovich, or Morin to get to the Big 3. Starters only pitch in the 7th with a
comfortable lead or way behind and scheduled to hit in the bottom of the 7th.
Miller
Try to get 6 IP out of him. If we are in the game, the big 3 finish it up. If we
aren’t he can stay longer. See above for my thoughts on pitchers this year.
Volquez
See Miller for the Plan. He is a bit better v Leftys, and his BB to Rightys may
hurt him.
Hammel
See Miller for the Plan. A very good card except for HRs to Rightys. If the bases
are empty when he hits them, he is going to win games. If they are all 3 run
shots, it will be ugly.
Gallardo
See Miller for the Plan. He will walk a few too many, but you will have to get the
RBIs on your own card.
Happ
Bob will manage him once, I get the other 9. This guy would be good if his father
had taught him to throw with the right (correct) hand. Alas, he’s a lefty. Card is
good enough, we will see if the lefty crushers crush him.
Specific innings limitations: None.
Additional comments:
All these guys come out in dots if it is still a game. If we’re blown out early,
the starter can go.
BULLPEN: Don’t fall behind this team (you probably won’t). If we lead after 6 IP, use two of Giles, Ziegler,
and Jansen for the last 9 outs. Casilla and Morin in blowouts, but hopefully they will mostly get a batter
here and there to get us to the big 3.
Jansen
Killer Closer, balanced. You can homer off his card, but 15x more likely to K. Will
52 IP
get plenty of 6 out saves.
Ziegler
Killer Closer #2. Especially a R killer, better than Jansen to get three rightys out for
68 IP
a save. Lots of GBA on his card make up for few K’s.
Giles
Strong Set Up. Balanced and no beef. And 70 innings.
70 IP
Casilla
Stopper vs Right. Left side of his card blew out this year, but he has a role to get
58 IP
by one or two rightys (or a string) midway through the game. He should NOT face a
lefty with men on unless we are already blown out.
Socolovich
Screwball Righty, Stopper vs Left. Gets us through the tough leftys, can face the
30 IP
righty in a string of leftys. Mostly pitches to get out of a jam and turn it over to the big
3.
Morin
Mid/Set. A little better vs the lefty, can go 2 innings if starter is blown out early..
35 IP
Additional
Starters mop up if we are blown out. Giles, Ziegler, and Jansen are better than the
comments:
starters so let them bring it home if we are ahead.