04-13-2009, 07:20 PM
<!--quoteo(post=30099:date=Apr 13 2009, 06:15 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 13 2009, 06:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=30087:date=Apr 13 2009, 06:01 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Apr 13 2009, 06:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Seems to me that all the program is doing is ranking players by OBP and filling out the lineup in descending order for best to worst.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, that can't be true, since Bradley is never put in the leadoff spot, and the pitcher is often put somewhere other than 9th.
BZ, do you know what the specs are?
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Seems like Fontenot is always at the top of the "best" lineups, while Bradley is at #2 or #3 in a lot of those as well. Maybe speed and power are factored in, and the former is preferred at the top, while the latter is preferred toward the middle of the lineup. Or who knows, they might just be running a monte carlo simulation with thousands of iterations and just picking the lineups that produce the highest runs. Still though, that would assume a lot.
Well, that can't be true, since Bradley is never put in the leadoff spot, and the pitcher is often put somewhere other than 9th.
BZ, do you know what the specs are?
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Seems like Fontenot is always at the top of the "best" lineups, while Bradley is at #2 or #3 in a lot of those as well. Maybe speed and power are factored in, and the former is preferred at the top, while the latter is preferred toward the middle of the lineup. Or who knows, they might just be running a monte carlo simulation with thousands of iterations and just picking the lineups that produce the highest runs. Still though, that would assume a lot.