The ‘home run runner-up hitter’ who crossed the fence 41 times is in the 7th batting order?

Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun asked sabermetrics experts about the optimal lineup for the WBC (World Baseball Classic). How should we combine the Geopo Corps, which has only six hitters with 20 home runs in Japanese professional baseball and three hitters with double-digit home runs in the major leagues? This expert recommended Yamakawa Hotaka (Seibu), who finished second in home runs last year with 41 home runs, as the No. 7 hitter. That’s why the center batting order is strong.

Norio Dorigoe, a sabermetrics expert and visiting professor at Edogawa University, told the Yomiuri Shimbun, “It’s good for the strongest hitter to go in at number 2. ‘Sadaharu Oh at number 3, Hideo Nagashima at number 4’ or ‘For several generations hitter at number 4 ‘The expression is rooted in tradition,” he said, arguing that the strongest hitter should be placed in the second batting order. The strongest hitter is, of course, Shohei Ohtani (Angels). Even the Angels often use Ohtani in the second position.

For the first hitter, Masataka Yoshida (Boston), who has a low strikeout rate and a high on-base rate, is recommended. Yoshida recorded an on-base percentage of 0.447 last year. It is a combination of a No. 1 hitter with a high on-base percentage and a No. 2 hitter who hits hard and has few double hits.

Also, I put more weight on the 4th hitter than the 3rd hitter. The third hitter is likely to get his first at-bat with no runners out in the first inning, but the fourth hitter gets his first at-bat with a runner or with a leadoff in the second inning. Assuming the former, the slugger should go in at number 4. Professor Dorigoe’s 4th candidate is ‘the youngest 3-time MVP’ 온라인카지노

As the fifth hitter and second baseman, he expected Shugo Maki (DeNA), not Tetsuto Yamada (Yakult). This is because although they are the same second baseman, Maki has the upper hand in batting performance. He then said that he would appoint Lars Nutba (St. Louis), the first Japanese national team player, to be the 6th. The reason is the high on-base rate. Nutba ranked 6th overall with a walk rate of 14.7% last year.

The name that appears as the next candidate for No. 7 is “41 Home Run” Yamakawa. Professor Dorigoe explained, “If there are several home run hitters, it is effective to drop the batting order by placing players with high on-base rates between them.”

The rest are catcher and shortstop. It is a position that focuses on defense rather than offense. Professor Dorigoe recommended catcher No. 8 and shortstop Genda Sosuke for No. 9, saying, “You can make up for the damage caused by hitting with defense.”